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Before we start, it’s important that we all know what “Juventus” is.
They’re an Italian soccer team, based in Turin, and they’re one of the top squads in the country. Some of the sport’s most recognizable athletes, like Michel Platini, Roberto Baggio and Zinedine Zidane, have ...
Let me offer some rare praise for Donald Trump. His attack on Iran’s nuclear development sites was carefully executed. Nobody outside a tight circle knew about it in advance. And he was wise in shifting the talk into calls for peace.
We don’t know whether the bunker busters reached all ...
To the editor:
So we wake on a balmy, warm Sunday morning to find we are at war with Iran; maybe not a formally declared one, but a war just the same.
Why? Not that I want anyone to have, threaten to use or actually use nuclear weapons, but does this action really help protect the world? Or ...
To the editor:
Let’s call the “Big Beautiful Bill” what it really is:
1. A stealth bill that hides items within its 900 pages that will never be debated on their own merits.
2. An upward transfer of wealth. The wealthy get an enormous tax cut while the poor are deprived of vital ...
To the editor:
I am sickened that Trump has attacked Iran, as an act of war. No approval from Congress, which is unconstitutional. I am not shocked that Trump did this without thinking of the many dangerous consequences. He is using his power as a wannabe dictator.
This will also be a ...
Juneteenth came and went Thursday, but curiously something seemed to be missing from the annual celebration: a cordial salute from the president of the United States.
Well, sure, you might say at this point in our political history, after all, he’s Donald Trump. What do we expect? The only ...