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Opinion

US must preserve soft power

Letters to the Editor

Bradley L. Johnson, Crosby One primary reason that made America great was the implementation of the Marshall Plan after World War II. This ingenious idea was proposed by the U.S. Secretary of State, George C. Marshall, during the Truman administration and was meant to provide economic aid to ...

Energy future depends on building backbone

Local Columnists

In towns across America, the lights still turn on each morning thanks to a grid built decades ago, some of it dating back to the 1950s. But that aging infrastructure, once the envy of the world, is now holding us back. If the United States is serious about reshoring manufacturing, revitalizing ...

Inflation-driven debt could sink economy

National Columnists

Can you hear the canary in the economy’s coal mine singing her heart out? You know that we are headed for trouble when some masses start buying groceries on the installment plan. That is the business model behind the popular “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) borrowing platforms — loans ...

There’s no due process at Gitmo

National Columnists

Last week, a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., invalidated a plea agreement for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who has been incarcerated at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for 20 years. Mohammed has been charged with conspiracy to commit mass murder in the United States on 9/11. ...

Excellent parenting is arduous, demanding, time-consuming

National Columnists

The nation is afflicted with an epidemic of mal-parenting. How do we know? The persistence of shocking levels of juvenile delinquency and crime. The poster child case is Ethan Crumbley, guilty of murdering four students at Oxford High School in southeastern Michigan in 2021 and sentenced to ...

It’s time for new immigration law

National Columnists

Last month, the Trump administration Labor Department slapped a hold on Biden administration rules on H-2A visas, which allow U.S. farmers to hire foreign workers when they are unable to fill their jobs with Americans. The H-2A rules were already stringent regarding requirements about pay ...