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Letter: Truth matters. Facts matter

It is difficult to sit back and allow the outrageous false claims made by Rusty Butler in his Letter to the Editor, Aug 30, 2023, go unchallenged. He accuses Todd Pedersen of trying to “sway voters” and “stirring up support for his city council candidates”. Let me clarify. Mr. Pedersen ...

De Rugy: China’s economy is struggling. Still want to emulate it?

China's economy is struggling post-COVID-19. Growth is slower than expected, demographic trends are negative, youth unemployment is high, overbuilding has created a housing crisis and government indebtedness is ballooning. These are only a few of the symptoms ailing the country, and things ...

Stossel: Control versus choice

COVID cases are up. Hospitalizations climbed 24% last week. But the media make everything seem scarier than it is. The headline "Up 24%!" comes after dramatic lows. Hospitalizations are still less than half what they were when President Joe Biden said, "The pandemic is over." Yet the shallow ...

Stiehm: In Trump they trust — Bread and circuses

WASHINGTON — An ancient Roman poet foresaw former President Donald Trump as a deposed ruler raging to regain power: in a famous line, with "bread and circuses." Master satirist Juvenal poked at corruption in Rome's leaders. Yet he also aimed his pen at the people, who lost their right to ...

Robbins: America digests the specter of inmate No. PO1135809

It wasn't a midnight train to Georgia that carried the 19 criminal defendants charged by a Fulton County grand jury to that county's sheriff's office to have their mug shots taken last week, but one by one they all made the humiliating trek to the local jail to post the bond needed to avoid ...