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Category Archives: Opinion
Another View — Michael Dennehy: Trump unlikely to face serious NH Primary challenge
NEW HAMPSHIRE'S first-in-the-nation primary is like no other contest in America.
Deroy Murdock: Democrats’ high-school-hijinks standard flunks redemption test
Oscar Wilde once observed, "The only difference between saints and sinners is that every saint has a past while every sinner has a future."
Mona Charen: A word on behalf of religion
THESE HAVE BEEN hard times for American institutions. Over the past four to five decades, confidence in nearly every institution of American life has declined.
The Left Is Turning Justice Upside Down
Telling everyone not to pre-judge Dr. Ford, the left pre-judged guilt on Judge Kavanaugh.
Increase Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening
Dear Editor: Congress has an opportunity to stand up for older Americans by closing the Medicare loophole that can create a financial barrier to access lifesaving colonoscopies. While individuals on private health care plans have their colonoscopies covered as a preventive service, a loophole exists that allows individuals on Medicare to be charged for their screening if a polyp is found and removed during the procedure the very action that helps save lives from colorectal cancer.
Sun Editorial: Kavanaugh deserves an up-or-down vote
Democrats got what they wanted -- an FBI supplemental background investigation into Christine Blasey Ford's sexual allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh -- and now it's time to vote. According to Senate Judiciary Committee members who have seen the FBI report, nothing new has turned up to corroborate Ford's claims that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her 36 years ago at a house party in Maryland.
Peter Lucas: Obama could have easily endorsed Charlie Baker
What if he meant to support Trump-bashing RINO Gov. Charlie Baker and got confused and ended up backing challenger Democrat Jay Gonzalez, the milder of the two men? Not that it matters very much. The Obama endorsement got lost in the frantic and overwhelming media coverage of the Judge Brett Kavanaugh drama as well as the Boston visit Monday of the aptly named U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake.
Marc A. Thiessen: Prosecutor picks apart case against Kavanaugh
The decision by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley to have Arizona sex crimes prosecutor Rachel Mitchell question Christine Blasey Ford may well be remembered as a brilliant -- and quite possibly pivotal -- choice. No doubt, allowing Mitchell to ask questions instead of Republican senators served a defensive purpose, avoiding the spectacle of a bunch of old, white men publicly questioning a woman who says she was a victim of sexual abuse.
Boos & Applause
Applause to the hundreds of volunteers who have donated so much time and effort to present the 82nd Mountain State Forest Festival this week in downtown Elkins.
Susan Dalgety: In the red state of Nebraska, Republicans disown Trump
Sixty per cent of those who voted in Nebraska backed Donald Trump, but his approval rating has now hit 50 per cent As 'Fearless Maids' flock to the Democrats in the US, Republican senator makes passionate anti-Trump speech, writes Susan Dalgety. Nebraska is the most scarlet of red states.
Both parties should prioritize savings
As the North Carolina General Assembly gathered for its October 2 special session on Hurricane Florence relief, the state's rainy-day fund stood at $2.01 billion. There was another $737 million in reserves earmarked for other purposes along with an unreserved credit balance in the General Fund of $1.2 billion.
We are not one anothera s enemies
Our country has lost its collective mind, and it is time honest, hard-working, moral men and women did something to reverse the trend that is quickly spiralling out of control. Notice we said men and women.
John Roughan: Creeps don’t change – Kavanaugh still the frat boy
About 3000 demonstrators have gathered outside the Supreme Court to protest Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the nation's highest court. A hospital emergency room is not the ideal place to watch one of the most important events of our time.
The crime of being a man
Back in the mid-1970s, when I was an undergraduate at North Carolina State University, Germaine Greer, author of The Female Eunuch and militant feminist, came to our campus to speak. During her speech, she relentlessly disparaged all men, asserting that every one of them wanted to rape women, but that most had not yet acted on that impulse.
Jeff Bezos’ $15 shot across the bow of America’s CEOs
Following this week's Amazon's announcement that as of November 1st, it will pay all Amazon and Whole Foods employees, including seasonal and part-time workers, at least $15 an hour, the Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires and former managing director at BlackRock Morris Pearl issued the following statement: "There's nothing more fun than watching ... (more)
Remember This in November
The Democrats have been committed to opposing Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court since Justice Kennedy announced his retirement. Senators Mazie Hirono and Kamala Harris announced their opposition before the nominee's name was released.
Impeachment Trial Was About Justice
West Virginia legislators proved something important Tuesday when they voted against convicting state Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Walker after an impeachment trial. There have been claims the whole episode - House of Delegates members impeaching four of the high court's five justices - was all about politics.
Leniency on – SFEMA – Sdeadlines
When will the electricity be back on? Is the water safe to drink? Which streets were damaged so badly they need to be closed to the public? Can school buildings be repaired and reopened quickly? Do any municipal employees need time off to ensure their own families are safe? That is just a sampling of questions local and state government officials have to answer in the wake of natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, etc. There are hundreds more.
Allegations aside, Kavanaugh proves unsuitable for court
President Ronald Reagan, an icon of Republicans and the right-wing conservative movement, made three successful Supreme Court appointments.