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Opinion

No excuses for impaired driving

Editorials

New Year’s parties are about to get under way, and it is a good time to again remember not to get behind the wheel of a car after drinking or using any impairing substance at one of those events. National statistics offer a sobering look at the dangers of driving while impaired. According ...

Sharing your opinions

Local Columns

No one is quite sure when the first letter to the editor appeared in a newspaper. While opinion pieces have been around since the first words were recorded, the letter to the editor in the form we recognize today has been a part of printed publications since, well, the beginning of printed ...

Bowl season still evolving

Editorials

If you are a fan of the college football bowl season, there’s some good news and some bad news. We’re right in the middle of the bowl schedule, with the sport’s second round of playoffs set for later this week, and some pretty good matchups filling up some of the other slots. ...

Illegal aliens break the law

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: There is no such thing as a law-abiding illegal alien. If you sneak into America, you break the law — period. I’m going to confound many Democrats: Define a man. It’s amazing how many liberals who can’t define a woman are suddenly experts on fishing boats and the ...

Trump, Kelly still battling

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Recently, President Donald J. Trump, totally inappropriately and completely without merit, announced that he and his administration were strongly considering re-enlisting Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat from Arizona, into active military duty, in order to formally court-martial ...

Do some reflecting on your resolutions this year

Local Columns

I have never been someone who believes in the “New Year, New Me” mentality. Actually, if I am being honest with myself, the “Old Me” is usually just trying to do the best she possibly can to make it through the day. And yet, every year, as the calendar page turns to January, and ...