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ERICKSON: Distrust and accountability

CNN's Kasie Hunt interviewed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer the other day. She confronted him about allegations of a meeting with former President Joe Biden that should have raised alarms about Biden's fitness for office. "We're moving forward," Schumer replied. He would not answer the ...

Guest opinion: Are term limits important to you?

It is hard for me to believe that it was back in 2013 that I first ran for city council in Orem. At that time, there were budget concerns confronting the city and we were emerging from a national recession. I believed the city could use my experience as a businessperson and CPA to help ensure ...

Guest opinion: Halfway there

Here I sit wearing one of my many happy Disneyland T-shirts. I love thinking about the park, but sadly, there is one part I’m unlikely ever to see, and that is the fabulous Club 33. Technically, anyone can join the club. Anyone, that is, who still can pay the membership fee of about $30,000 ...

NAPOLITANO: What if freedom is suspended?

What if the writ of habeas corpus has been guaranteed to the British since 1215 and to Americans since 1789? What if this encompasses the right of every person who is confined by the government against his or her will to compel the jailer to justify the confinement before a neutral judge? What ...

PARKER: What makes US-Israel relations special?

The relationship between the United States and Israel is usually seen as "special" because of technical matters. Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. Israel and the U.S. share vitally important intelligence and technology. But what about shared values? Shortly after America's new ...

STOSSEL: Tariff folly

Last month, President Donald Trump proudly announced, "Liberation Day! ... The day American industry was reborn!" Reborn because of his tariffs, which he called, "the most beautiful word in the dictionary." This is just wrong. The first time he was president, Trump raised tariffs on steel. ...