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Opinion

Scouts offers many good experiences

Letters to the Editor

Fletcher Guilford, Minot Hello. My name is Fletcher Guilford and I am with Troop 1416. I want to give my opinion on my experience in Scouts and how advancing is in Scouts. I think Scouts is a good chance to learn a lot of skills and it is a lot of fun. My experience in Scouts has been lots ...

Why are US hostages in Gaza ignored?

National Columnists

Do you remember a time when Americans cared that their fellow citizens had been kidnapped and held captive by terrorists? I do. Think back to 1979, when Iranian terrorists stormed the American embassy in Tehran. They held more than 50 Americans hostage for 444 days. And we cared. The ...

Trump has chance to change taxation

National Columnists

If any constitutional amendment can be hated, it would be the 16th Amendment. Passed by Congress in 1909 and ratified by the states in 1913, it allowed Congress to “levy income taxes without apportioning them among the states based on population.” At first the collection of revenue came ...

Fiscal affairs are GOP’s opportunity for success

National Columnists

Donald Trump won the election. The House and Senate are in Republican hands. That means the GOP now owns the debt and its consequences. This responsibility, while too much for past politicians, presents the opportunity of a lifetime: namely, to be the ones who put the government back on fiscal ...

Trump shows demography isn’t destiny

National Columnists

It turns out that everyone underestimated how a proposal for mass deportations could bring Americans together. Donald Trump assembled the biggest, most diverse GOP coalition in decades while running further to the right on immigration, crime and the culture than perhaps any major-party ...

No-doubter election leaves plenty of doubts

National Columnists

In July 1945, just weeks after leading Great Britain to final victory over the Nazis, Prime Minister Winston Churchill found himself booted out of office by an electorate that didn’t merely reject his bid to stay in power but did so overwhelmingly. With reason to be bitter, Churchill ...