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Big Brother is watching you

Dear editor, Last fall, after traveling to Europe, the immigration officer simply asked me to look into the camera, then welcomed me back by name without ever checking my passport. It was quick, frien...
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War powers belong to Congress, not one person

Dear editor, The Constitution is clear: power to take our nation to war belongs to Congress, not a single president. Yet our representatives — Senator Ron Johnson and Representative Derrick Van Orden — recently voted against legislation intended to reaffirm that basic constitutional principle. Instead of reinforcing Congress’s authority, they opposed a measure designed to clarify that the...

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The cost of detaining people

Dear editor, The recent legislation facetiously labeled “The Big Beautiful Bill” allocated $168 billion to immigration and border enforcement. This is an unheard-of increase of $134 billion over the $34 billion allocated in 2025. The $34 billion was already 36 times the amount allocated for tax and financial crimes and was at least 15 times the amount spent on firearm and drug enforcement. ...

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Looking at the big picture on school consolidation

Dear editor, I have been reading about and listening to Loyal residents about consolidating Greenwood and Loyal. This is not something new. We were discussing this back when I was in grade school in the 1950s. Back then, Loyal and Greenwood were growing rapidly and each school needed to build on. About every 10 years, this problem comes up and we talk about consolidation; however, today’s pro...

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SAVE Act is voter suppression with a patriotic bumper sticker

Dear editor, The House narrowly passed the SAVE Act last year, and now that bill, repackaged as the SAVE America Act, is headed to the Senate, where it could come up for a vote soon. If it becomes law, this federal bill would rewrite how Americans register to vote by forcing documentary proof of citizenship in person and effectively gutting mail-in, online, and automatic voter registration systems...

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Taxpayer money should be serving the public interest

Dear editor, “Follow the money” is a famous line from “All the President’s Men,” the film about the Watergate scandal. Watergate exposed corruption at the highest levels of government — people in power abusing that power to intimidate critics and cover up illegal actions in order to maintain and expand control. For many Americans in 2026, that phrase feels relevant again. Dana Wh...

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MEGA, SAVE Acts threaten voter access, not election integrity

Dear editor, Rep. Tom Tiffany and other Republican lawmakers are pushing the Make Elections GreatAgain(MEGA)andSafeguardAmerican Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Acts, legislation that would impose new “show your papers” requirements for voter registration. This effort is not about protecting election integrity—it is about restricting voter access based on a problem that doesn’t exist. Election...

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