Killer sandwiches and Stormy Daniels dolls
I have to apologize to you, my faithful reader. I'm about five minutes late in getting this column to you all because of Hillary Clinton.
Category Archives: Opinion
Melvyn Fein: a million little Obamas
Now that he has been out of office for over a year, Barack Obama is thinking about his future.
EDITORIAL: Militarization of RGV border will hurt, not help, our region
Hundreds of National Guard troops on Friday began deploying to the Rio Grande Valley to guard the Southwest border, after President Donald Trump last week urged their activation, saying our border is lawless and allows anyone to come through. We've played this song before, in 2014 when then Gov. Rick Perry activated 1,000 National Guard troops to our region as an uptick in illegal immigrants swelled through South Texas.
Yes on state Issue 1 for congressional redistricting reform in Ohio: endorsement editorial
State Issue 1 on the May 8 primary ballot offers Ohioans a long-sought chance to reform how the state draws its congressional districts. The Ohio legislature proposed Issue 1 with overwhelming House and Senate support.
Your Turn: April 9
A Deadspin composite video shows Sinclair Broadcast Group stations reading a scripted statement warning against "biased and false news." A reader applauds this effort.
Mother to Dreamer daughter: We’ll continue to fight
Immigration activists stage a civil disobedience protest to shut down Independence Avenue March 5 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Congress failed to come up with a solution for immigrants brought here as children.
JEFF JACOBYConcocted uproar over – privatizing’ the VA
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TWEET terminating David Shulkin as Secretary of Veterans Affairs hadn't even had a chance to cool before the deposed Cabinet member started dishing out some heat of his own. Within hours of his removal, Shulkin had taken to The New York Times with a column portraying himself as a martyr crucified in "a brutal power struggle."
The election is approaching, right?
We're a month away from West Virginia's primary election, although, with the exception of a few campaign signs which recently started to appear, one might wonder if area residents are even aware.
What government interest is served by disenfranchising felons?
The bumpy path of Desmond Meade's life meandered to its current interesting point. He is a graduate of Florida International University law school but cannot vote in his home state because his path went through prison: He committed non-violent felonies concerning drugs and other matters during the 10 years when he was essentially homeless.
U.S. Postal Service letter carrier of 12 years, Jamesa Euler, turns…
I am writing in support of the bike path infrastructure that Wichita has embarked on in the past year. I moved to Wichita a little over a year ago and personally have never seen a community that is more bicycle and runner friendly.
We need to have a paradigm shift with guns
The Associated Press) A group of Second Amendment advocates gather in opposition to about a half-dozen gun control bills expected to get a vote in the Assembly on Monday, March 26, 2018, outside the War Memorial near the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. Gun control! It's frightening! They're coming for your guns! They'll start with the ARs! It's a slippery slope! They'll take 'em all! "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." The Second Amendment has been debated and litigated ad nauseam.
H.R. McMaster’s parting shot at his dictator-loving boss
For about a year, the president had humiliated McMaster as if he were a cowering pharma rep on "The Apprentice." Finally, on March 22, he essentially fired the Army officer in a sucker-punch tweet.
Safe Communities Act
The Massachusetts Safe Communities Act may not be such a safe bet after all. Despite a supposedly breakthrough compromise with the law-enforcement community, the proposed bill, which would restrict state enforcement of immigration laws, remains mired in legislative limbo, with no chance of being considered by lawmakers in this session.
No sympathy from this legal resident for an unauthorized immigrant…
Romulo Avelica Gonzalez, who was detained in February 2017 while driving his daughters to school, embraces his grandson after being released from the Adelanto Detention Facility on Aug. 30. To the editor: In the Los Angeles Times' print edition, there was front-page coverage and two additional pages filled with color photos and a news report about Romulo Avelica Gonzalez, an illegal immigrant whose daughter videotaped his February 2017 arrest in Lincoln Heights. The article barely mentions Avelica's brushes with the law and his violation of U.S. immigration code.
How the Trump/GOP con will work out for middle class
Now we have a media campaign to sell the tax cut by the GOP from which 80 percent of the benefits go to the top 10 percent. It is funded by $20 million from the Koch brothers who gave House Speaker Paul Ryan $500,000 one week after the cut.
Democrats blew their chance
There are approximately 800,000 "Dreamers" and the Democrats don't care want happens to them. President Donald Trump offered citizenship to 1,000,600, more than the Democrats wanted and they refused.
Trump tried going big on DACA. Now he should go small
President Trump's tweet promising "NO MORE DACA DEAL" was an Easter gift to Democrats, letting them off the hook for their failure to seriously negotiate an immigration agreement. Rather than pulling the plug on any Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals talks, Trump should offer Democrats a simple deal: He would agree to codification of President Barack Obama's DACA action in exchange for funding for the president's border wall.
Massachusetts lawmakers OK bill calling for rape kit testing
Legislation aimed at prioritizing the testing of rape kits for possible DNA evidence is awaiting Republican Gov. Charlie Baker's signature before becoming law. The language was included in an omnibus criminal justice overhaul bill approved by the Massachusetts House and Senate this week.
Standing For Life, Securing Our Border and Supporting Our President
In last week's column, I gave an overview of the recent omnibus spending bill and called for the Senate to change their broken and outdated rules so Congress can help advance President Trump's agenda. While I know this vote was necessary to ensure the men and women who serve in our military have the resources they need, and will never apologize for taking care of our troops, I have heard several concerns about this package that I wanted to address more specifically.
OPED: Protect constitutional right to self govern
It's no surprise that both Republican and Democratic operatives are lining up to re-gerrymander in 2021 unless we do something about this. OPED: Protect constitutional right to self govern It's no surprise that both Republican and Democratic operatives are lining up to re-gerrymander in 2021 unless we do something about this.