SHUTDOWN: Most who hate haven’t a clue why
This past week, I’ve read and heard the most vile and hateful rhetoric directed toward conservatives from both the left and establishment Republicans for what they see as conservatives and tea party...
View ArticleSHUTDOWN: Which federal facilities are essential?
I find it amazing that President Obama is being blamed by certain members of Congress, and even by some segments of the national media, for the closure of the national parks and the World War II...
View ArticleSHUTDOWN: Try turning off politicians’ spotlight
I am weary of the daily announcements of “no news” from Washington, D.C. How many times must we see and hear the president’s daily speech about the Republicans leading us to the brink of collapse and...
View ArticleSHUTDOWN: Obama haters launch Civil War II
What do you call it when rebels, representing mostly states of the old South, take Congress hostage and sabotage our national economy? I call it the second Civil War. Let’s stop beating around the...
View ArticleSHUTDOWN: Red-blue divide exists in this Washington, too
Re: “Obama haters launch Civil War II” (letter, 10-11). The writer makes a revealing point in his letter. There is, in fact, a growing divide within our nation, officially acknowledged as red states...
View ArticleSHUTDOWN: Politicians enough to drive one to drink
As I sit at my kitchen table with my laptop a little after midnight on a Monday following my evening shift, while my family sleeps I realize how fortunate I am. I won’t get paid until the government...
View ArticleCONGRESS: John Boehner should step down
It is time for John Boehner to go. The speaker of the House has demonstrated poor judgment, dishonesty and a lack of credibility in placing the minority agenda of the Republican Party over the...
View ArticleSHUTDOWN: America needed a statesman
Another “Band-Aid” approach has been signed to cover our government’s spending. Congress will be back at the same bickering in a few months. We already had a bipartisan committee meet several years ago...
View ArticleGOP: Even Krauthammer can’t find a silver lining in debacle
For the first time, I find myself in complete agreement with Charles Krauthammer’s opinion (column, 10-18), that the current usage associated with the term “Redskins” has changed and is no longer an...
View ArticleSHUTDOWN: Boehner should not step down
Re: “Boehner should step down” (letter, 10-18). It is absolutely outrageous that this slanderous letter was published. There isn’t any significant proof that House Speaker John Boehner knowingly “lied...
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