Opinion Letters
Daniel Kliethermes, New Bloomfield
September 29, 2023Perhaps at no moment in recent American memory has a widespread understanding of civics been more crucial. Yet the portents are ominous.
by Tribune News Service September 29, 2023September is usually filled with weary groanings and anxious energy as summer comes to its official end. But this year has found a new level of anguish, for in…
by Tribune News Service September 29, 2023Having a baby? There's a new law meant for you: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
by By John Stossel Creators Syndicate September 29, 2023The retirement of Rupert Murdoch, the global media mogul perhaps most responsible for our contemporary media dysfunction, prompted renewed speculation about th…
by Tribune News Service September 29, 2023I just turned 60, which seems, in equal measure, simply impossible and no big deal.
by Tribune News Service September 29, 2023Feelings have been hurt.
September 29, 2023Mark Bruenger, Jefferson City
September 29, 2023On Saturday, $39 billion in federal child-care funds made available through the American Rescue Plan Act is set to expire. As a result, close to 3.2 million ch…
by Tribune News Service September 29, 2023Dear Editor, The federal government might shut down because extremist House Republicans are choosing partisan antics over funding the programs that lift up …
September 28, 2023WASHINGTON -- Former President Donald Trump is on the campaign trail again, and most of the attention he's getting is for bare-knuckled attacks on his chief op…
by Tribune News Service , Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times (TNS) September 28, 2023You wouldn't think it would be that hard to kill someone.
by Tribune News Service , John M. Crisp (TNS) September 28, 2023The Senate finally approved three important military promotions, including the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. of the Air…
by Tribune News Service , Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg Opinion (TNS) September 28, 2023The Inflation Reduction Act, passed last year, gave Medicare the authority to negotiate drug prices for the first time. The government will start with 10 medic…
by Tribune News Service , Bloomberg Opinion (TNS) September 28, 2023House Republicans are in another titanic battle with President Joe Biden on how to balance the budget. Actually, it's a lopsided debate because Democrats have …
by Tribune News Service , Stephen Moore (TNS) September 28, 2023