Now that the electoral vote is in, I would like to quote from a notorious American patriot: “At this point, what difference does it make?” Are you hearing footsteps, Coach Payton? There are jobs open in Jacksonville and Los Angeles. Better dust off your resumA .
Category: Opinion
Journal Junction for December 21
I see where West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey wants to have EPA rules relaxed for coal surface mining, compared to saving our streams for drinking water, coal still seems to be the number one topic in getting this state going. Are we not smart enough to look for other industry to take its place? I still believe in saving the environment, not destroying it.
It’s Over: President-elect Trump’s electoral win seals the deal
Throughout the United States, presidential electors cast their ballots Monday. Fewer than a handful of them broke faith with their states’ electorates by not voting as the Nov. 8 results in their states indicated they should.
What Others Say: Passage of Cures Act is great news
The so-called “do nothing” Congress has done something very special before taking its end-of-the-year holiday break. Both the House and Senate approved the far-reaching 21st Century Cures Act, which includes key funding for Alzheimer’s research, mental health treatment and to battle the scourge of opioid addiction.
What Others Say: Passage of Cures Act is great news
The so-called “do nothing” Congress has done something very special before taking its end-of-the-year holiday break. Both the House and Senate approved the far-reaching 21st Century Cures Act, which includes key funding for Alzheimer’s research, mental health treatment and to battle the scourge of opioid addiction.
Perdue: Reflections on 2016, resolutions for 2017
In 2016, the American people voted to change the direction of our country. They elected a new president and vice president.
Perdue: Reflections on 2016, resolutions for 2017
In 2016, the American people voted to change the direction of our country. They elected a new president and vice president.
Johnson: Obama presidency forced conversations about race
This is the first verse in the remix of Young Jeezy’s 2008 track “My President,” which he later performed with Jay-Z at the 2009 Presidential Status Inauguration Ball. When Jay-Z “spit” this bar, he intuitively captured a historic, watershed moment of racial angst and racial pride.
Johnson: Obama presidency forced conversations about race
This is the first verse in the remix of Young Jeezy’s 2008 track “My President,” which he later performed with Jay-Z at the 2009 Presidential Status Inauguration Ball. When Jay-Z “spit” this bar, he intuitively captured a historic, watershed moment of racial angst and racial pride.
Letter: Activism is key to climate progress
Kudos to Sen. Elizabeth Warren for her op-ed opposing more natural gas infrastructure. She notes that many constituents feel their concerns about energy and climate change are ignored.
Your View: Election is over; time to move forward
The irony of the press upset that Russian hacks helped Donald Trump after doing everything in their power to help Hillary Clinton is thick. The masquerade of an honest press was completely exposed as farce as every pretense of an impartial, factual press was abandoned.
The Democrats and their ‘Cry Me a River’ song
When will it end for the Democrats and their ilk to stop the whining, crying and the-sky-is-falling childish tantrums? Evidently, Hillary Clinton and her cohorts will not cease and desist in their obsessive hatred of Donald Trump and conservative Republicans, as evidenced by their numerous false attempts to derail Trump’s presidency before it begins. If such came to be, then, my fellow Americans, World War II would be a skirmish compared to the very real possibility of what could transpire here in the United States.
An abuse of public trust in North Carolina
Roy Cooper greets supporters during an election party hosted by the North Carolina Democratic Party at the Raleigh Marriott City Center in downtown Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. Roy Cooper greets supporters during an election party hosted by the North Carolina Democratic Party at the Raleigh Marriott City Center in downtown Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.
Louisiana Spotlight: Gov. John Bel Edwards hit with court, election and budget losses
La. Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks to media during the Louisiana Symposium on Recovery and Resilience Thursday, December 8, 2016, at the LITE Center in Lafayette, La. La. Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks to media during the Louisiana Symposium on Recovery and Resilience Thursday, December 8, 2016, at the LITE Center in Lafayette, La.
Jackie Evancho is a performer with talent and class
PG columnist Tony Norman’s slight regarding Jackie Evancho’s selection to sing the national anthem at the 2017 presidential inauguration is laughable . Donald Trump couldn’t get Beyonce or Katie Perry? Quite possibly the new administration simply chose to have a performer who arguably may be the best pure singing talent today.
Electoral education: Electors make it official today
It’s Election Day in America. Again. In 50 state capitals and the District of Columbia, 538 members of the Electoral College will cast their ballots for President and vice president.
Editorial: Snapshots from the nation’s press
This image released last Thursday by Aleppo 24 shows residents gathered near green government buses for evacuation from eastern Aleppo, Syria. Allegations that the Russian government tried to influence America’s election are extraordinarily serious – “the political equivalent to 9/11,” according to Michael Morell, the former acting director of the CIA.
Mary Sanchez: A fox in the hen house
Andrew Puzder has gone out of his way to downplay the needs of his workforce. Primarily, this means those Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. workers who have joined the nationwide clamor to raise the minimum wage.
A letter from Sen. David Vitter: An honor to serve Louisiana
U.S. Sen. David Vitter reflects on his time serving in the Senate during his last speech from the floor on Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. C-SPAN image .
The Trump Cabinet: Bonfire of the agencies
Democrats spent the first two decades of the post-Cold War era rather relaxed about Russian provocations and revanchism. President Barack Obama famously mocked Mitt Romney in 2012 for suggesting that Russia was our principal geopolitical adversary.
The New York Times And Me
I gave up reading The New York Times after getting fed up with its biased reporting and the blatant editorializing in its news pages circa the late eighties and early nineties when the Times did everything it could to bring down the Reagan presidency and demolish the presidency of the elder Bush. Yet in the run-up to this most recent presidential election I found myself reading the Times again, partly because a Facebook correspondent called me out on disparaging the Times’s recent coverage when I was no longer a regular reader and partly because a neighbor asked me to take her paper in while she was away.
Paul Choiniere
To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: While many focus on holiday preparations, it is that time of year for a crusty old political writer such as myself to take stock of the political scene and where things may be headed. Not to be a complete pre-recovery Scrooge, however, I tuned the radio to some Christmas tunes while writing.
Op-ed: Red flags over Trump Towers
There is a really good reason to support Senate confirmation of Rex Tillerson to be President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state: Tony Perkins opposes him. Perkins is the president of the Family Research Council, otherwise known as the Bedroom Busybodies.
Op-ed: Faking the news
Mainstream media are suddenly concerned about “fake news.” It used to be that phony stories were easy to spot.
Is giving an invocation an individual right?
In the Town of Greece, New York v. Galloway, the U.S. Supreme Court found the tradition of legislative bodies inviting local clergy to open meeting with an invocation to be constitutional, provided that minority faiths are not excluded.
Guest column/John Glenn never stopped dreaming, serving
We recently lost an American hero and the longest-serving United States senator in Ohio history.
The Democrats were routed on election day. In what world aren’t they in a crisis?
To the editor: Contrary to David Greenberg’s take on the recent election, Hillary Clinton ‘s loss looks “contingent” only if we ignore Republican control of Congress and their takeover of the Supreme Court on the horizon. Republicans now claim 33 state governors and control most state legislatures as well.
Monday’s letters: Focus on fixing cyber security
Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee and John Podesta is the kind of behavior that the United States needs to address, but the hype about it is poorly focused. First, the hacking effort was likely expected by cyber security folks, but apparently not sufficiently by the DNC and Podesta to take even modest precautions: Shame on the DNC and Podesta.
Don’t shoot the messenger
It is difficult to divine whether Gov. Sam Brownback enjoys living in a state of denial – or if he actually believes repeating misleading statements often enough will convince Kansans they are true.
More thoughts about Hillary’s loss
The Marshall Independent published two columns from syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts and, more recently, an opinion from a Redwood Falls subscriber. The common thread seems to be that Trump won the election, but didn’t deserve to! Nowhere was Hillary Clinton’s loss even mentioned let alone reasons for such loss presented despite all the ares of obvious concern, for example, economy, trade, wages, etc.
Opinions
As we report in today’s edition, in the wake of the state’s presidential recount, county, city, and town clerks are being inundated with open-records requests related to the election, and some of the requests are quite significant. Friday, December 16, 2016 In his upcoming budget proposal, Gov. Scott Walker is proposing to establish a series of sunrise and sunset review commissions that would analyze proposed and existing occupational licenses to see if they are needed, or if they are too restrictive, and we think it is a good proposal that is long overdue.