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What will Republican voters make of Trump’s federal indictment? There have already been polls, but they are too early to mean much. Voters’ reactions will be influenced by Republican leaders and media personalities. For the past eight years, “influencers” have rallied around Trump. The ...

Washington County Republicans are putting forth several misleading campaign issues in support of their two candidates for county commissioner. Several of those issues are featured in the campaign literature of incumbent commissioner Nick Sherman and his running mate, Electra Janis. Other ...

OP-ED: Against the pride flag

It’s June, when one can be forgiven for thinking we live in the United States of LGBTQIA2S+.Old Glory is, at best, supplemented with, and sometimes supplanted by, the pride flag in all its varieties.The flag, which has become more and more unsightly, is ubiquitous. Its increasingly elaborate ...

OP-ED: Anatomy of an insanity

With her wild hair, peekaboo sweater and extraordinary claim that then-presidential candidate Joe Biden had sexually assaulted her, Tara Reade merited considerable skepticism. Any such accusation deserved a hearing, of course, but Reade was an obvious nutjob and Putin shill. Why did she have to ...

An article in The New Republic by Mike Podhorzer describes this reality: “This country was founded with one nation, which was born with slavery and with a very theocratic, illiberal bent, and another nation that was committed to a more commercial, innovative, secular culture. And because the ...