The new White House got into a petty argument during its first week in office over the smaller crowd at President Donald Trump’s inauguration versis Barack Obama’s eight years ago. “We have alternative facts,” said Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway.
Category: Opinion
Editorial: Fighting back
One in three Canadian women over the age of 16 will be the victim of sexual assault in their lifetimes. Many cases are never reported to the police or even other family members.
Don McKee: Cybersecurity center: Georgia claims leading role
Cybersecurity is an urgent matter, witness the hackings that continue to strike businesses, the government, political parties and others.
Time to deliver, yet Trump’s still on the trail
In 1976, 10 presidential terms ago, an adviser to then-President-elect Jimmy Carter told him he should keep campaigning forever, even after his inauguration. “Governing with public approval requires a continuing political campaign,” Patrick Caddell told Carter.
3 proposed bills may affect estate planning in Texas
Budget: With a revenue shortfall predicted to top $4 billion, the new state budget will have to go on a diet, even as Abbott and legislative leaders hope that President-elect Donald Trump’s promises to bolster federal border-security initiatives and curb skyrocketing health care costs could save the state billions. Less money will affect passage of proposals with big price tags, including franchise tax reductions and tuition reforms, they agree.
West Slope should get a say in health reform
This is the year Obamacare would have permitted a state to apply for a waiver to pursue innovative strategies for providing residents with access to high-quality, affordable health insurance while retaining the basic protections of the Affordable Care Act. It appears, however, that the opportunity to experiment with an alternative to Obamacare with the full backing of the federal government is winding down.
Printed Letters: Jan. 25, 2017
The city’s recreation needs are important As Robin Brown, who managed the capital campaign for the renovation of the Avalon Theater, so appropriately asked in her opinion column on Sunday: Is a convention center the best place to invest $62 million right now when there may be more immediate needs, like a community recreation center, for example? Not to make a pun, but discussion around the recreation needs of the community is not just “fun and games.” Our report card from the Mesa County Health Department has consistently ranked us at the bottom among other Colorado counties for a litany of social ills, many stemming from isolation.
Will GOP repeal Obamacare and run?
In a statement reminiscent of the Vietnam War explanation that “we had to destroy the village in order to save it,” Rep. Scott Tipton assured his constituents that “it is clearer than ever that fixing our nation’s health care system will require a full repeal of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act , also known as Obamacare.” If Republicans thought such ideas would resonate with their constituents back home, they must have been shocked at the reception Rep Mike Coffman got when he met with his regularly scheduled one-on-one meetings with constituents at the Aurora Public Library.
Donald Trump’s America has Malcolm Turnbull scrambling in a changed world
In three ways – and in just three days – Donald Trump’s “America First” mantra has profoundly unsettled Australia’s assumptions about the world. Trump hasn’t provoked a crisis in foreign policy but there is a new intensity that will especially challenge Malcolm Turnbull in the coming weeks on vexed political questions ranging from refugees to China.
US President Donald Trump stands up for Big Oil as week one rolls on
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Kids will fall through the cracks with Obamacare repeal – what’s Trump’s Plan B?: Joan Benso and Denise Salerno
Kids will fall through the cracks with Obamacare repeal – what’s Trump’s Plan B?: Joan Benso and Denise Salerno Molly Brechtel, at left, and Daniel Doubet join about 15 protestors gathered at the Federal Courthouse in Erie, Pa., on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, to deliver signatures to U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., who has an office at the courthouse. The protestors urged Toomey not to repeal the Affordable Care Act without a replacement.
Gacad: Miss U
MISS Universe is an annual international beauty pageant that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. Along with its rival contests, Miss World and Miss Earth, this pageant is one of the most important and publicized beauty pageants in the world.
RH Line calls for Jan. 23, 2017
“Has this happened to you? My husband recently had two knee replacements, one being in August.
The problem with fake news
A few weeks ago the Bulletin ran a political cartoon implying that the solution to the fake news issue was ..
Our View: Watching Trumps words and his ‘words’
Between the critics who take him literally and supporters who take him figuratively, we have arrived at the point where both matter. There are four distinct divisions of time in the constitutional election process: campaign, nomination, transition and administration.
A bridge to a vibrant downtown New London
To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: I am almost as excited about the pedestrian bridge that will provide access to the proposed National Coast Guard Museum on the city’s waterfront as I am about the museum itself. As part of the museum plans, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has pledged $20 million in state aid to construct the bridge.
Editorial: A message from Kansans: Stop embarrassing us
If you asked a few politically minded Americans how they would characterize our state, how do you think they would answer? Would they admire the prudent, bipartisan governance that has guided us through the past few years? Or would they say something about Gov. Sam Brownback’s 26 percent approval rating, Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s obsession with voter fraud, the reckless campus carry law that will take effect this year and a fiscal situation that can only be described as a disaster? This is the image of Kansas that has crystallized across the country.
How do we stop all the fake news?
I have tried to dial back my knee-jerk tendency to zip off letters to the editor. However, I have to release some of the pressure caused by this whirlwind of opinions President Donald Trump is generating in my head.
Relax and give Trump a chance
My wife and I welcomed Mike and Debbie for dinner at our California home Tuesday night. Our longtime friends are not alarmists, and they are not liberal Democrats.
What Is – Free Trade But Fair Trade’?
President-elect Donald Trump’s threats against American companies looking to relocate in foreign countries have won favorable review from many quarters. Support comes from those alarmed about trade deficits, those who want a “level playing field” and those who call for “free trade but fair trade,” whatever that means.
Obama Leaves As A Man Of The Left
Barack Obama leaves office as he came in: a man of the left, but possessing the intelligence and discipline to suppress his more radical instincts. As of Nov. 9, suppression was no longer necessary.
NYT: He Is She, Communist Is Capitalist
White House Spokesman Josh Earnest and Secretary of State John Kerry finished President Barack Obama’s final term with fitting acts of propaganda. Had you listened uncritically to Earnest, you would have thought a male soldier imprisoned for leaking classified documents was a “young woman.”
Defund Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood serves clients on the lower end of our economic structure in the United States. Those clients must meet published guidelines to receive services.
Our Opinion: Different paths to poor choices
Federal cabinet positions are really no place for amateurs and/or those whose special interests may be counter to the best interests of the country at large. The Donald Trump cabinet contains examples of both, and the effort of friendly Republican congressmen to hasten them through hearings last week couldn’t disguise this.
Why we need more Wayne Barretts now
When Wayne Barrett died last Thursday after years of debilitating lung disease, someone said that the impending inauguration of Donald Trump might just have been unbearable to him, the veteran investigative reporter who probably knew more about the new President than any other journalist in the country. But troubled though Wayne was by the rise of a man he considered woefully unfit and unready for the Oval Office, he consistently rejected any sense of despair.
Opinion: Legislator has company in his dislike for Obama, says Morristown man
The most charitable thing that can be said of St. Lawrence County legislator Joel LaPierre, a man who likes to post Facebook rants urging Barack Obama to move to Kenya, is that LaPierre has lots of company amongst Trump supporters. Meet Maine governor Paul LePage! He’s concerned about outsiders visiting his state.
Presidential election filled country with hate
I didn’t quite break into tears, but the election was a shock to me. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by almost three million and still lost! What an amazing thing this is in a country where democracy once rang the Liberty Bell.
Conservative View: Jennifer Rubin – Trump can’t stop fighting even when losing
President-elect Donald Trump lost the popular vote. As he enters office, his approval ratings are lower than those of any president in 40 years.
Letters: Price is wrong steward for country’s health care
Rep. Tom Price, the nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, testifies on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. I am a pediatrician in Philadelphia, and I oppose the nomination of U.S. Rep. Tom Price as secretary of Health and Human Services.
Blame insurers, not Obamacare
Blame insurers, not Obamacare The recent op-ed by Congressman Scott Perry misleads your readership on the effects of the Affordable Care Act. Check out this story on ydr.com: http://on-ydr.co/2jDAkLh The recent op-ed by Congressman Scott Perry seriously misleads your readership on the effects of the Affordable Care Act and the Republican plan to repeal it.
Obama’s U.S. better than he found it
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Trump versus Paris accord
The Paris Agreement aimed at combating global warming, which went into effect on Nov. 4, is exposed to the same crisis that beset the Kyoto Protocol adopted at the 3rd United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in December 1997. When the Kyoto Protocol was adopted, the United States was led by the administration of President Bill Clinton.
Eugene Robinson: Trump is simply wrong about black America
Rep. John Lewis is the son of sharecroppers. As a child, he wanted to be a preacher; he practiced by delivering fiery sermons to the family’s chickens.
The left can’t help overplaying its hand
This week, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., accused President-elect Donald Trump of being an illegitimate president. He said: “I think the Russians participated in helping this man get elected.
a I will not go forward quietlya
That’s a personal motto with which I have occasionally consoled myself since I was a teenager. It means that for as much as we naturally seek to avoid the unpleasant situation, to find a way over or around it, there are times in this life when the only option is to go through it, to endure the unendurable thing and pick up the pieces on the other side.
The startling similarities between ‘Young Pope’ and Donald Trump
When “The Young Pope’s” Lenny Belardo, the pontiff played by Jude Law, steps to the window overlooking St. Peter’s Square to address his subjects, he’s shrouded by darkness and immediately uses a harsh tone – uncommon for the Bishop of Rome. This eerily resembles a Donald Trump public appearance .
Editorial: Bad bug
Forget fake news and the Russian influence on the U.S. election. Forget about ripping up trade deals and building walls and deporting illegal immigrants.
Letter: Don’t stereotype foes of Obama
The Dispatch welcomes letters to the editor from readers. Typed letters of 200 words or fewer are preferred; all might be edited.
Tony Norman: Beware, the Ides of “March”
Last year, thanks to an invitation from the ToonSeum, I had the honor of sharing the stage of the August Wilson Center with Rep. John Lewis of Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District. The civil rights icon was making the rounds promoting his three-part graphic novel series, “March,” with collaborators Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell.
Guest Editorial: Obama was a friend to Canada
Many Canadians watched with admiration and perhaps some regret as U.S. President Barack Obama delivered his farewell speech to his nation. He was eloquent, as always, saying he remains optimistic about the future as he spoke to 20,000 emotional supporters in Chicago and millions more watching on television.