Opinion

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Royalty of the ‘elders’

Royalty of the ‘elders’ Reminiscent about those Saturday mornings on the lake telling the old guy, in a seven-year-old voice, “You have to put the worm on first Grandpa before you throw the line in the water.

No cuts allowed in D.C.

In Washington, D.C., every spending program and tax break has a constituency that fights for it. These constituencies are tightly organized and connected into the D.C. power centers to continue and if possible expand the favored spending. Do you know who doesn’t have a well-funded lobbying arm?

7.6 million job openings tell you the Trump economy is still growing

Job openings rose to nearly 7.6 million in January, data by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows, outpacing unemployment of just 6.2 million for the eleventh straight month. And that unquestionably means that the U.S. economy under President Donald Trump is still expanding.

College admissions scam: fast track to... jail?

Is it possible to have a “new” news story? We now have a college admission’s scandal. Breaking stories of wealth and influence traded for admission to some of the nation’s most prestigious colleges are just now unfolding.

America’s fiscal house of cards

America is in deep financial trouble, and it is getting increasingly difficult to grow out of it. This past year, our nation’s economy grew at a faster rate than at any time since 2005 at 2.9 percent, but the outlays (spending) grew much faster at more than 7.2 percent.

Opportunities make America great

People around the world dream of coming to America and having a better life. Since our founding as a nation, millions have come here and found a better life than they left behind. We can be proud of this in our country.