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Editorials

It’s time everyone realizes that our health should not be politicized

We were pleased to hear the news that broke Thursday that the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled to stop the Biden Administration from enacting the heavy-handed COVID-19 vaccine mandate on employees at businesses with at least 100 workers. As noble as wanting to give people a reason to protect ...

Tax filing day will probably feel like it’s coming up more quickly this year

When the Wall Street Journal reported on Jan. 3 that the coming tax season is destined to cause headaches for filers, many taxpayers no doubt already were fearing the worst. The last two filing seasons, for 2019 and 2020, were nightmarish for millions of taxpayers, especially those who had ...

Don’t allow ‘bystander fatigue’ to be reason we don’t notice red flags

FBI investigators introduced a term few may have heard in describing how Connor Betts managed to reach the point of killing nine people in Dayton, Ohio in 2019 before being killed by police: bystander fatigue. A man who had fantasized for years about mass shootings, serial killings, sexual ...

Pandemic’s effect on kids should be the focus

At some point during the hopefully not-too-distant future, whether or not COVID-19 has been defeated or at least relegated to an ailment no worse than the “common” flu, school districts of this region should launch a cooperative mission aimed at assessing fully the impact of the pandemic on ...

China’s regime has earned continued scrutiny

“If America does not speak out for human rights in China because of commercial interests,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said recently, “we lose all moral authority to speak out for human rights any place in the world.” With that remark in mind, we hope Speaker Pelosi will act ...