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Opinion

Still have plenty to say after year of column

National Columnists

My first journalism job was long ago, covering events at my high school for the local paper. Writing this column is the second. I’ve been at it since last April, and that first anniversary has put me in a reflective mood. Last year, I worried about coming up with a topic. I have five ...

Government wants to control how we drive

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Soon the government might shut down your car. President Joe Biden’s new infrastructure gives bureaucrats that power. You probably didn’t hear about the requirement that by 2026, every American car must “monitor” the driver, determine if he is impaired and, if so, “limit vehicle ...

US support proving unreliable, inadequate

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After Iran’s massive drone and missile attack on Israel Saturday, President Biden reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “You got a win. Take the win.” Most of the weapons, the first Iran had ever fired on Israel from its own territory, were successfully ...

Biden backs down for his reelection efforts

National Columnists

This week, the Islamic Republic of Iran — a radical Shariah theocracy hell-bent on the destruction of Israel and Saudi Arabia, among others — fired some 300 drones and missiles at the State of Israel. This is, definitionally, an act of war. Iran claimed that it had attacked Israel in ...

Biden on economy: I don’t feel your pain

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In 1992, Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton famously answered a voter question about how the national debt affected him personally. Clinton’s response was often paraphrased as, “I feel your pain.” Whether Bill was for once being sincere or not, his words resonated. Now ...

As Nebraska goes, so could go Maine

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Every state is different. Nebraska is quite different. It is one of only two states that doesn’t use the winner-take-all system in presidential elections. Along with Maine, it allocates its Electoral College votes to reflect the results in each of its congressional districts. In 2020, ...