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Opinion

Iran’s last hope is American division

The United States is winning. Anyone telling you otherwise is either mistaken — or rooting for a different outcome. That may sound blunt. But it happens to be true. The Iranian regime’s best remaining strategy is not military. It is political. Tehran is not counting on its air defenses, ...

Using religion to win votes

Democrats have had trouble in recent years attracting conservative evangelical voters, who mostly vote for Republicans. In 2000, former Vice President Al Gore gave it a try. He failed badly when he said the first instance of pollution in the Bible is when “Abel’s blood cried out from the ...

USPS needs overhaul to save some money

DEAR EDITOR: The United States Postal Service (USPS) has one job: deliver the mail. You write a letter, address it, and put a stamp on it that pays for the delivery service. It’s a lot more complicated than that, obviously, but when you get right down to it, that’s the only objective; ...

Strike on Iran was a necessary move

DEAR EDITOR: I would remind my fellow Americans of the devastating hurt caused by the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11. One can only imagine the thousands of American lives we could have saved if we destroyed the terrorist encampments when first discovered in Afghanistan. As one who ...

Trump’s unjust and unconstitutional war

Over the past weekend, some apologists for President Donald Trump’s recently ordered attacks on Iran argued that because Trump’s plans call for a quick strike, the attacks do not constitute a war. George Orwell is vindicated yet again. These apologists believe that calling a war ...

Trump’s perception of economy is bogus

DEAR EDITOR: Now that Mr. Trump, our national Master of Misdirection, has launched an illegal and unconstitutional war in the Middle East, killing thousands of civilians, not soldiers, all noncombatants, he believes America will put its concerns about inflation and our economy aside. Not gonna ...