Opinion

A recently released Taliban propaganda photo appears to mock the famous Iwo Jima flag raising photograph taken by AP photographer Joe Rosenthal in 1945. Image courtesy Marine Times.

A recently released Taliban propaganda photo appears to mock the famous Iwo Jima flag raising photograph taken by AP photographer Joe Rosenthal in 1945. Image courtesy Marine Times.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK (August 26, 2021)

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Thu, 08/26/2021 - 12:06

OPINION: America’s small businesses are in crisis

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Thu, 08/26/2021 - 12:00
Florida restaurant owner Kevin Wakefield, like millions of other small business owners across the country, can’t find enough workers. “We’re overrun with business, which is a great thing but we can’t find people that want to come and work,” Wakefield told WESH news.
Catherine Mortensen

Catherine Mortensen

OPINION: Out of touch and out of town

Ellis123
Wed, 08/18/2021 - 13:01
In a hastily called news conference Monday afternoon President Joe Biden and his advisors tried to control the damage of this past weekend. But it may be too late. Biden not only lost Afghanistan, he lost credibility, and with that, the American people.
Rep. Vern Buchanan

Rep. Vern Buchanan

OPINON: Forty years later, what would Reagan think?

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Wed, 08/18/2021 - 12:59
Forty years ago, on Aug. 13, 1981, President Ronald Reagan signed the Economic Recovery Tax Act, ushering in the longest era of economic prosperity in American history.
Chicago Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot was given the cold shoulder by Chicago PD rank and file about midnight Saturday at the University of Chicago Medical Center when she approached them on the 7th floor as they grappled with the shootings of two fellow officers.

Chicago Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot was given the cold shoulder by Chicago PD rank and file about midnight Saturday at the University of Chicago Medical Center when she approached them on the 7th floor as they grappled with the shootings of two fellow officers.

OPINION: Democrats’ defund-the-police debacle

Ellis123
Wed, 08/11/2021 - 12:36
It’s easy to find politicians saying dumb things. Television news gives them plenty of coverage. Viewers like colorful voices, which are often the most extreme.