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He needed me, but I let him down. The “he” in this case was Rusty, an ornery old mutt who didn’t do the cute doggy things that get clicks on social media videos. He wouldn’t “sit.” He’d rarely lick my face. And if a baby was gurgling nearby, he’d go the other way. But Rusty ...
“If it were done when ‘tis done, then ‘twere well it were done quickly.” - William Shakespeare, “Macbeth” “Quickly” is the key word for Macbeth as he muses before the bloody murder of King Duncan of Scotland. He must do the deed with his dagger by night, while the court ...
To the editor: I would like to know the positions of my representatives in Congress on myriad issues. Some of those issues include what they think about the firing of federal employees (including at Haskell, DOJ and USAID), the unilateral decision to freeze funds Congress appropriated ...
To the editor: How could the German people have allowed Adolf Hitler to take absolute power and commit monstrous acts? Hitler did it gradually, so people did not realize the terrible ultimate results until it was too late. Trump is following the same playbook. Hitler blamed all problems on ...
To the editor: Congress is AWOL. Republicans have the majority in Congress, but they are absent without leave because they are scared of Trump’s and Musk’s threats to primary them out of office and because of physical threats by MAGA extremists. Unfortunately, in Douglas County we are ...
On the day before the third anniversary of the brutal, lawless invasion of Ukraine, “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on whether it’s “fair to say” that Russia’s attack was unprovoked. Hegseth responded that it’s “fair to say it’s a ...
