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Stopping the socialist scourge permeating America

How can anyone escape the irony that in this year, as we celebrate 250 years since the signing of the American Declaration of Independence, the principles of that declaration are being widely challenged? When Americans should be basking in the light of our hard-fought-for freedoms, standing guard on our God-given rights noted in that declaration, there are Americans ready to turn their back on them. Candidates advocating socialism, the antithesis of “all Men... are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights,” are winning elections. Michigan Democratic candidate ...

Multinational profits should face taxation

Governments are told that public services must shrink because money is tight. Yet a new Tax Justice Network report says that countries could capture an extra $500 billion a year without raising corporate tax rates. The answer is to tax multinational profits where real economic activity happens — known as unitary taxation. No new profit is created. Revenue simply shifts from tax havens where profits are “booked” to the countries where workers produce and customers spend. Making that principle a global tax standard depends on United Nations talks opening in New York on Monday. ...

It’s time for Democrats to widen their ‘big tent’

Here we go again. We’re approaching another presidential campaign year, and once again I am reminded of what the great sage Will Rogers said back in 1933: “I am not a member of any organized political party,” he said. “I am a Democrat.” Yes, I know that Rogers quote is old enough to have whiskers on it. Yet, compared to the comparatively regimented style of the Republicans, particularly the MAGA faction that runs the party, the Democrats seem to specialize in finding new ways to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory, especially since the two successful terms of ...

Do not parole notorious baby rapist Beemer

Every so often, something ugly makes its way to the surface of a body of water. It could be a natural phenomenon (algae, dust or pollen) or man-made debris (trash). Felicia Banks Beemer, a human version of the latter, resurfaced last week in Trumbull County. She and her husband Cody are serving lengthy prison sentences for unspeakable crimes against children. The Beemers raped an 8-month-old girl — who was related to them — during what was supposed to be a supervised visit at Trumbull County Children Services. Later, they were arrested after a relative discovered a video ...

A dire munitions crisis

During the 1979-1980 hostage crisis, a defiant Iran starkly demonstrated the limits of American power. Forty-five years later, it is doing the same thing, although in vastly different circumstances. Back then, when the post-Vietnam military was at a low ebb, we didn’t strike Iran, and a long-shot rescue operation ended in abject failure. Now, with the U.S. military at its most proficient and professional in history, we have inflicted punishing blows against the regime but still haven’t been able to impose our will, in part because we are running low on the munitions ...

From Studio 54 to the bridal procession

Brides should know that they already have a man. They don’t have to use their wedding to attract a date for Saturday night. They’ve supposedly secured one for the foreseeable future. Thus, it’s hard to figure how the fashion trend of “naked dressing,” lamentable even at nightclubs, has invaded the precincts of ancient social custom. Displaying one’s privates — or underwear — in public started as a fashion trend pushed by attention-hungry celebrities. Now it’s walking down the aisle. The traditional bridal dress is white for its association with purity, innocence ...