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Biden is a divider, not a uniter

In response to Oren Spiegler’s Wednesday letter, “Trump is a divider, not a uniter,” I won’t defend divisive comments the former president has made. However, let me count some of the ways that President Biden has divided our nation. I only need to look at the polls to see how he has ...

Who is the wannabe dictator?

Someone reading the letter about a wannabe dictator, “A sacrifice made in vain?”, in the Friday edition might be confused about the wannabe dictator’s identity. Which president ignored existing laws and opened our southern border by executive order to allow millions of lawbreaking ...

Should we ignore the law?

I have a question for Gary Stout based on his April 28 column, “Washington County’s Republican commissioners adopt voter suppression”: Should we ignore the law every time we don’t like it? That seems to be the modus operandi of the Democratic Party these days when it doesn’t want to ...

Biden is an authoritarian president

In Kathleen Parker’s column, “When Trump speaks, take him literally,” which appeared in the Feb. 23 edition, she argues against electing him. She wrote, “If you cherish the idea of an authoritarian president who has no regard for the rule of the law or democracy, then of course Trump is ...

The real threats to democracy

When politicians pontificate about the dangers to democracy, they never cite political decisions that are clearly anti-democratic. They ignore actions that overstep the constitutional authority given to our representatives in Congress. I am talking about mandates to buy electric vehicles and ...

Colorado decision is anti-democratic

Colorado decision is anti-democratic Oren Spiegler is correct in saying Colorado’s decision to ban President Trump from the ballot is “historic.” However, it is “historic” in that it is anti-democratic and an assault on the Constitution it cites. It misinterprets the 14th Amendment ...