Opinion

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Opinion: ‘Abundance’ is abundantly confused

The hot-selling book “Abundance” is written by liberals who bash liberals, or more precisely, try to make them feel guilty. Sure, authors Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson shed some blame on conservatives for why America doesn’t build as easily as it used to. But it’s those liberals in ...

Opinion: Now she’s an independent thinker?

Now it’s all coming out. Not only was President Joe Biden in serious decline, Karine Jean-Pierre — celebrated in numerous fawning media profiles — was a rotten White House press secretary. In an interview with Axios, a former White House official called her “one of the most ...

Opinion: Big, beautiful bromance breaks up

For those who think government should be run like a business, the messy social media spat that played out last week between President Trump and billionaire CEO Elon Musk suggested that business could be doing a lot better. That may help to explain why shares of Musk’s company Tesla dropped ...

Letter to the editor: Support HINU Act

To the editor: In December 2024, Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kan., proposed federal legislation in the Haskell Indian Nations University Improvement Act. This proposed legislation’s purpose highlights the importance of the U.S. government fulfilling its trust and ...

Opinion: The ‘China Shock’ myth is unraveling

When Donald Trump first campaigned in 2015, he capitalized on a potent narrative: that China’s rise gutted American manufacturing, leaving countless blue-collar communities devastated. Known now as the “China shock,” that idea paved the way for a dramatic resurgence in protectionism, ...