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Matt Latimer, author of "Speech Less -- Tales of a White House Survivor" , was a starry-eyed, devoted young Republican who accomplished his pinnacle aspiration by becoming a speechwriter for George Bush.
Haste makes waste, especially in Washington, D.C. There, undue haste to replace the Affordable Care Act - Obamacare - could make it or something worse permanent. As its unofficial name implies, the national health care takeover law is President Barack Obama's baby.
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle on the importance of the independent Office of Congressional Ethics and lawmakers' failed attempt to place it under the oversight of the House Ethics Committee. In 2013, 10 members of Congress, three former aides to President Barack Obama, several spouses, and 32 staff members attended an all-expenses-paid conference in Azerbaijan.
Most of the time the discussion on taxes is about rates or how much we should or should not tax. But I believe the discussion should be about what we tax instead of how much.
Despite the hue and cry over President-elect Donald J. Trump and his use of social media to make pronouncements that might be, or might not be, new public policy, DJT's use of 140 characters or less is getting the kind of attention that customary and longwinded political orations rarely attract. “With all that Congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as unfair as it may be, their number one act and priority ...” - @realDonaldTrump.
The most important political task of 2017 transcends the normal run of issues and controversies. Our greatest obligation will be to defend democracy itself, along with republican norms for governing, and the openness that free societies require.
For your semi-faithful correspondent, 2016 has been a 12-month exercise in humility. I apologize to you, gentle reader, for the errors - all unforced - to which I subjected you.
It has been obvious during the past few years that President Barack Obama believes himself to be the government. Never mind that the Constitution vests law-making power solely in Congress.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's heart clearly is in the right place. But what about his head? That's a question some West Virginia legislators, along with others in our state, have been asking for several months.
For 68 years the cardinal rule of U.S. policy in the Middle East has been to speak no ill of Israel and defend it always. Such unwavering support was forged in the Holocaust and fueled by the guilt of democracies that didn't stop Germany's extermination of 6 million European Jews during World War II.
"Now it's time for America to bind the wounds of division; have to get together," he said, reading his prepared remarks from the teleprompter. "To all Republicans and Democrats and independents across this nation, I say it is time for us to come together as one united people.
Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally in Johnstown, Pa. on Oct. 21. Trump was the first Republican presidential candidate to win Pennsylvania since 1988.
David Beattie of Denver in the Dec. 28 Gazette chastises the Christians of the Springs, implying most are not helping the needy. He laments the cancellation of the Miracle of Tejon Street, which was a holiday meal provided by the former Old Chicago downtown restaurant.
The Peace and Social Justice Center applauds President Obama for not standing in the way of the U.N. Security Council resolution criticizing Israel's illegal settlements in the Palestinian territories, which have been occupied by Israel since the 1967 war. Previous U.S. administrations, from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush, have all taken mild stands against this colonial policy, which violates the Fourth Geneva Convention against transferring civilians into occupied territory.
The best response to racism is to call it out, loudly and by name. That's especially true now, amid an election-fueled surge in hate crimes and hateful public remarks, on social media and elsewhere.