Opinion

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Letter to the editor: A democracy?

To the editor: Now that Donald Trump has been reelected over the protests of many Americans who say no former president with pending or unresolved felony charges against him should be allowed to serve a second term, all Americans should reflect on the history of our nation and ask whether the ...

Letter to the editor: Property tax frustration

To the editor: Despite the lower “mill levy” our property taxes have increased. We are fixed-income seniors, and despite my attempts to correct our characteristics, it’s not been done. Our home is 1,900 square feet, and yet the county states we have almost 2,200 square feet and more ...

Opinion: Let’s end the worldwide tax grab of the IRS

The new year will bring a new administration, and I’ll be watching to see if President-elect Donald Trump’s team finally puts an end to the worldwide taxation of individual Americans’ income. Fixing this is imperative. It would not only be sound fiscal policy but could keep millions of ...

Opinion: The glass wall: Women in policing

On the morning of his federal trial this week for raping and terrorizing vulnerable Black women in the Kansas City, Kansas, neighborhoods he patrolled for 35 years, ex-cop Roger Golubski fatally shot himself. His story, much like last year’s Marion police newsroom raid, is another national ...

Opinion: Biden should pardon millions of immigrants

San Diego — What a strange time. Americans are embroiled in a heated national conversation about whether the phrase “rule of law” actually means anything as long as there are presidential pardons. And the major political parties — both of which have corrupted the pardon process for ...

Opinion: Don’t want green jobs? We’ll take ’em

“Some may seek to deny or delay the clean energy revolution that’s underway in America, but nobody — nobody — can reverse it. Nobody. Not when so many people, regardless of party or politics, are enjoying its benefits.” Still-President Joe Biden said that on a recent visit to Brazil. ...