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Opinion

Student loan forgiveness has very real cost

National Columnists

Each spring, as tassels are turned and degrees are conferred, college graduates across the country celebrate the culmination of years of study, sacrifice and — inevitably for many — debt. Against this backdrop, the idea of student loan forgiveness is touted by many as a compassionate and ...

Property tax relief leads wins for citizens

Editorials

Having served six years in the North Dakota Senate and another six years in Congress, I can say from experience it’s rare to work on tax policy that helps those who need the most relief first, while also providing the greatest relief to those who pay the most taxes. But that’s exactly ...

‘N’ in SNAP stands for nutrition

National Columnists

SNAP, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, is one of the nation’s largest welfare programs. And, like all welfare programs, it is massive, it has grown prodigiously over the years and it is inefficient. One glaring issue, which is gaining attention as ...

Name aside, Alcatraz would make terrible deportation jail

National Columnists

“The name of Napoleon,” said the French emperor Napoleon III, “is a program in itself.” The same is true of Alcatraz, or as President Trump put it in a Truth Social post announcing his intention to re-open the prison in San Francisco Bay, “ALCATRAZ.” In his post, Trump declared, ...

Defense secretary faces hard choices

National Columnists

Maj. Gen. David Hill was standing a few feet from where the Black Hawk helicopter en route from the Defense Department would soon be landing, at the lush green fields of the Army War College. Hill is the commandant of the prestigious military institution and had been preparing for days for ...

Abrego Garcia gamed immigration system

National Columnists

Kilmar Abrego Garcia shouldn’t be in a prison in El Salvador, but also never should have been in the United States or given relief from deportation. The White House is trying to make the alleged MS-13 gang member a symbol of illegal immigrant crime, while Trump’s opposition is seeking to ...