This editorial was submitted by Dr. Arthur Donart. Recently, I got a call from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee asking if I would help, “take back the Senate.” “There is a three-for-one match; for every dollar you contribute, it will be matched by three more,” I was informed. I was
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Now that Tax Day is over, it might do us some good to reflect on the latest Republican tax cut. It is not the first, by any means. There was St. Ronald Reagan’s “trickle down” tax theory, which added to the Nation’s debt while enriching the wealthy. He championed a
It is important to understand the difference between a demagogue and a politician and to discern the difference, in order to protect the common good. Such a task is not easy, because they can sound very convincing. Yet, before every election, that task confronts us. So let’s examine the similarities
Editor’s note: Click here to read a CNN report and watch a video. I no more than got back from Thailand than had the urge to jump on the next flight and return! This was after opening my on-line edition of the Bangkok Post [Thursday,] March 1, 2018, edition and
On Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at Southern Florida University in St. Petersburg, FL, my granddaughter, Bianca, invited me to attend a speech. It was to be given by Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering. He has spent 40 years of his life working for the Department of State under Presidents Nixon-through-Clinton as
Step back, United States, and give the Koreas some space. This is the advice former Republican Congressman and distinguished Korean War veteran Peter McCloskey has, for the Trump Administration. A Marine Lieutenant, McCloskey has been awarded the Navy Cross, a Silver Star, and two Purple Hearts as a result of
As a Country, we have evolved. We started off by fighting a war against Britain in order not to pay taxes without representation, well, mostly not to pay for King George’s wars. By today’s standards, Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys would be labeled terrorists. Many of the colonists
Editor’s note: This essay was written by Graham F. West. He is the Communications Director for Truman Center for National Policy and Truman National Security Project, although views expressed here are his own. Reach West at gwest@trumancnp.org. In the final days of 2017, protests erupted and quickly spread to cities
Editor’s note: This essay was written by Blair Bess. He is a Los Angeles-based television writer, producer, and columnist. He edits the online blog Soaggragated.com, and can be reached at BBess.soaggragated@gmail.com. Americans who lived through the Cold War were taught that the Soviet Union was not our friend. They possessed
Editor’s note: This editorial was written by Joe Guzzardi. He is a Californians for Population Stabilization Senior Writing Fellow. Contact him at joeguzzardi@CAPSweb.org. From ecological, financial, and social perspectives, my native California has had a rough year, and 2018 may not be better. Ecologically, the worst disaster to hit California
Editor’s note: This essay was written by Jason Graves. He is an award-winning humor columnist from East Texas, TX. His columns have been featured in Texas Escapes magazine, The Shreveport Times, The Longview News Journal, and The Kilgore News Herald. Contact Graves at susanjase@sbcglobal.net. I’ve never been one to make
Virtually every government in the history of the world has taxed, and today’s governments continue to tax, their citizens. Someone has to pay for the roads, the schools, and the army. Every government is an expression of how a society organizes itself. They may have a king or queen, a
This editorial was written by Joe Guzzardi. Guzzardi is a Californians for Population Stabilization Senior Writing Fellow. Contact him at joeguzzardi@capsweb.org. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid at Chicago’, IL’s, Cloverhill Bakery, that netted 800 illegal alien employees, can be looked at two ways. First, management at the bakery,
At Monday night’s September 11, 2017, Village Board meeting in Thomson, IL, Trustees voted four-to-one to adopt a resolution to support HR 676, “Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act,” introduced by Congressman John Coyners, Jr. Trustee Arthur Donart introduced the resolution at the Board’s August meeting and then moved
This essay was written by John L. Micek. Quite beyond being morally repugnant and an offense to human decency, the Trump White House’s announcement Tuesday[, Septmber 6, 2017,] that it is rescinding the “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,” or DACA, is the ultimate exercise in political cynicism. By punting the