Thomas Taschinger: With Trump, we must accentuate the positive
Or lashing out at the Nordstrom department store chain for dropping his daughter Ivanka's products, saying she'd been treated "so unfairly."
Category Archives: Opinion
Constituents should educate senators about democracy
In the weeks leading up to the confirmation vote on President Donald Trump's pick for education secretary - Betsy DeVos - people from throughout the country called their senators to express their opinions.
Steve Schnaar: Democratsa failures created current crisis
Looking back at the 2016 campaign, it seems clear that the deciding factor was not excitement or approval for Donald Trump's radical agenda, but rather a widespread disappointment and disgust with business as usual. It's easy to point out the corruption and hypocrisy of the Republican Party, but an honest analysis must recognize that the Democrats have been complicit in steering the ship of state toward its current position.
In a time of tragedy, could this president soothe the nation?
Each day of the Trump era seems to bring strange new objects to the national punchbowl. The newly minted president publicly obsessed on his inaugural crowd size.
What to do if immigration officers come knockinga
The American Civil Liberties Union advises not opening your door unless the agents can show a warrant signed by a judge. What to do if immigration officers come knocking at your door The American Civil Liberties Union advises not opening your door unless the agents can show a warrant signed by a judge.
Tuesday’s letters: If this is an act, it’s no longer entertaining
As I watched President Donald Trump's news conference, two thoughts came to my mind. If this is an act, game or show, it isn't entertaining and beneath the office.
Will Durst: Democrats are completely lost
Shattered. Splattered. Scattered. Battered. Tattered. Skewered and plattered. Barely mattered.
Fitzgerald: Players wrong to shun White House invite
There's a big difference between unity and unison, which we're now seeing illustrated by several misguided Patriots who have indicated they will not be joining their teammates when the squad is formally invited to the White House to be congratulated by President Trump. But sometimes we have a responsibility not to do the things we have a right to do, just because graciousness still matters, or ought to, especially to a team that enjoys such goodwill among its rabid fans.
Battenfeld: A nation in denial needs to realize election is over
TAKEN FOR GRANITE: President Trump's claim yesterday that Massachusetts residents voted against him in New Hampshire relies on claims made even before the November election. Above, voters fill the booths in Exeter, N.H. The 2016 election was so mind-blowing, so unbelievable, that it's going to be one of those historical events that's debated forever, like JFK's assassination, the attack on Pearl Harbor and the moon landing.
Ice jam breaks, allowing some Idaho flood waters to recede
The Weiser River in Weiser, Idaho, overflowed early Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, flooding areas south of the river near Cove and Couper roads with ice and water. The Weiser River overflowed early Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, flooding areas south of the river near Cove and Couper roads with ice and water.
Wall Street Journal’s tough week ends with departure of top editor
The Wall Street Journal is losing one of its top editors on Friday, and that's only the capper to what has been a trying week at the newspaper. Deputy editor-in-chief Rebecca Blumenstein's decision to leave for The New York Times was reportedly not connected to newsroom frustration over the Journal's coverage of President Donald Trump.
TC Line: Superintendent raise
No person is worth over a quarter-million dollars a year plus many other benefits to lead a district that has teachers who qualify for low-income housing.
Why does DeSantis fear revealing vote on Goodlatte Amendment? Letters
How interesting to read in Thursday's Orlando Sentinel a guest column by U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis about congressional ethics. Good-government advocates can find common ground in efforts to make Congress a more ethical body.
Hot Blast: Do you agree with Gov. Bentley’s decision to appoint Luther Strange to the U.S. Senate?
Thursday Gov. Robert Bentley appointed Luther Strange, the Alabama attorney general, as Jeff Sessions' replacement in the U.S. Senate. Sessions, a Republican senator from Mobile, was sworn in as U.S. attorney general on Thursday. Do you agree with Bentley's selection of Strange?
Let police do their jobs to fight crime
The bleeding-heart liberals want to make Lowell into a haven for the drug cartels and rest of their criminal cronies. No one has proposed the deportation of legal immigrants with visas or permanent status -- although the far left wants everyone to think it is so.
Democrats can do it, why not Trump?
Just in case folks don't know, three Democrats also followed President Donald Trump's lead in restricting entry for foreigners to the United States. President Barack Obama kept Iraqis from entering the U.S. for six months in 2014; President Bill Clinton in his 1995 State of the Union speech called for a halt to immigration period; and Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York -- the "sobster" -- in 2014 called for border closings and strong vetting, but not now.
How is Bob Barr still relevant?
Here at our house, we were surprised to see the MDJ has made Bob Barr a regular columnist.
Associated Press is print version of MSNBC
I too am very disturbed that the March for Life received absolutely no coverage in the Marietta Daily Journal .
Public schoolchildren as profit centers
"My family is the largest single contributor of soft money to the national Republican Party.
EditorialsEditorial: Standing up to Trump’s attacks on the judiciary
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, right, meets with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. Gorsuch has performed a valuable public service by criticizing President Donald Trump's acerbic attacks on the judiciary.