Opinion
Trump and the deep state
Trump and his defenders have claimed that he is the victim of a gigantic conspiracy by the CIA, the FBI, the NSA, President Obama...
Corporate lobbyists challenged by a growing ‘Populist lobby’
Imagine a headline blaring, “An Army of 1,500 Lobbyists Swarms Capitol Hill...
Gun nut has a warning
When I was a young man growing up in rural Oregon, there was a term for people like me: “gun nut.”
By my 20s I...
Israel and the Democrats
Israel Will Be the Great Foreign Policy Debate of the Democratic Primary” proclaimed a headline on BuzzFeed News in January. Support for the Israeli...
Rick Perry’s ‘truthiness’
Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert points out that political statements and even political facts these days don’t have to be true — all they need, Colbert insists, is some element of “truthiness...
Political con men are shrinking America
In my state of Texas, things tend to be bigger — bigger hats, bigger money and bigger thievery by political con men...
The new era of conspiracy thinking
When it comes to the emotional issue of gun control, Harry Truman had it right when he said, “The only thing new in this world is the history that you don’t know...
Letters: 9/1/2016
A Russian-friendly president is wise
The article “Putin’s Got A Friend in Trump” by Dave Anderson (Aug. 11, 2016) misses the most vital issue regarding...
Barack and the Choom Gang
According to a new Rasmussen poll of likely voters, 56 percent of those surveyed favor legalizing marijuana and regulating it like alcohol. That might turn into something of a problem for the current president of the United States, who according to a new biography ...
Letters 7.15.21
Toward the future
President Biden’s American Jobs Plan shows the type of leadership and initiative to take responsibility our country needs, while creating jobs and...
