Opinion
Off the Publisher’s Desk 12-20-23
This is the season of giving! During this time of year, families and friends come together to celebrate the holidays with a feast, gift exchanging and remembering of a time long past. As I was thinking about the Christmas season, I wondered how the gift exchange got started. The only thing that I could put…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 12-13-2023
It could happen, OMG! The other day I was thinking (and it hurt) that if the current Republican leadership in the house starts an impeachment investigation against President Joe Biden and they impeach him and the senate goes along with it, what would happen? First, there is no way that the Democratic senate will vote…
Read MoreOff the Publisher’s Desk 12-6-2023
Just when I thought I was getting a handle on “Bidenomics”, it’s being abandoned In last week’s column I tried to figure out what was “Bidenomics” that President Biden has been pushing and telling us about how great it is. Two days after we published the paper, I now read that because he is unable…
Read MoreOff the Publisher’s Desk 11-29-2023
What is Bidenomics? We have all heard President Joe Biden talk about his economic vision calling it “Bidenomics.” But what is it? This summer Biden summed up the Bidenomics philosophy as growing the economy from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top down. I found several stories about “Bidenomics” on my computer…
Read MoreOff the Publisher’s Desk 11-22-23
Give me your tired, your poor, your——- “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearling to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.”—Saying at the base of the Statute of Liberty in New York harbor. During its operation, Ellis Island welcomed over 12 million legal immigrants into the United States. That…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 11-15-23
I miss read election issues! I have a long list of election issues that I thought were on top of what items needed to be addressed for the upcoming presidential election that is now less than a year away. My list did not include abortion and apparently that one item is what the Democratic Party…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 11-8-23
I can’t believe it I just can’t believe it! No matter what news channel I watched over this past month, its full of stories of protests on college campuses, big city streets and at the nations capitol. Protests full of hate. I just can’t believe that so many people hate their fellow human beings. The…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 11-1-2023
Let’s get along, but we never have! Neighbors that can’t get along with their neighbors are at war again in the Middle East with Israel and its Arab neighbors fighting over the small piece of land. This time Israel is protecting it’s population and has promised to rid the world of the people and originations…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 10-25-2023
I was on vacation last week. I flew to Orlando Florida with a group of five for a week of rest, relaxation, taking in the sights, and warm weather, with plans to return on Saturday, October 21. I was quickly made aware of the high cost of entertainment here and found tickets to one of…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 10-18-2023
I could tell them why they can’t get anything done! A piece came across my desk last week from a newssheet called “Wokelish” that contained a story that caught my eye. The heading read; “Congress Passes Bill to fund Study on Why Congress Can’t Pass Anything.” “Congress has passed a bill to fund a study…
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