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Opinion

Executive order initiates end to DEI

National Columnists

With one carefully crafted act, the president initiated the end of DEI in the federal government and perhaps in the private sector and educational system as well. It is a breathtakingly bold and wholly righteous move that could bring about a generational change. One way or the other, books will ...

Ensure everyone’s safety, rights

Letters to the Editor

Bob McNamara Upham I don’t understand transgender. I don’t believe I ever will understand it. What I do understand is that in America we are supposed to be free to live whatever lifestyle we wish as long as we don’t infringe on the rights of others or demand from others. I also ...

Trump philosophy: Move fast, break things

National Columnists

Move fast and break things. That’s the original operating philosophy of Facebook founder and Meta mogul Mark Zuckerberg, and it seems to be the operating procedure of President Donald Trump in these first weeks of his second term. That makes a certain sense. In a largely successful society, ...

Trump correct about birthright citizenship

National Columnists

Less than two weeks into this second Trump presidency, the fearmongering has already reached fever pitch. “He can’t do it!” the critics have invariably howled in decrying President Donald Trump’s landmark day-one executive order upending the status quo on birthright citizenship for the ...

Why America needs birthright citizenship

National Columnists

It’s part of who we are. The White House executive order theoretically ending birthright citizenship grandly proclaims its purpose as “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship.” As we’ve come to expect from this administration, the proposed change to American law would ...

New food bank would intrude on neighborhood

Letters to the Editor

MJ Taylor, Minot I received a letter from the City Planner dated Dec.17th, 2024, informing 53 property owners around Our Lady of Grace of a request to rezone their property from R1 (residential) to P (public). For more information to contact the Planning Dept. I found out that the Church ...