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Opinion

How many live in a nutshell?

Letters to the Editor

This is in response to the April 7 Letter to the Editor, “What I see in our President.” “That’s it in a nutshell” comes to mind because it makes me wonder how many people live in a nutshell. I honestly thought the letter was talking about former President Joe Biden until the writer ...

Little kids, big government

Columns

Child care got expensive — more than $13,000 per child, per year. So many people want government to pay for it. My state just agreed. New York will fund free child care. Yay! But wait ... what government does isn't free. Taxpayers pay. And taxpayers pay more because "government rules have ...

Federal judge again stalls most work on WH ballroom

Columns

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump railed against a federal judge's decision on Thursday that continues to block above-ground construction of a $400 million White House ballroom, allowing only below-ground work on a bunker and other "national security facilities" at the site. U.S. ...

Almanac for April 17, 2026

Columns

Today is Friday, April 17, the 107th day of 2026. There are 258 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1961, about 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in a failed bid to topple Fidel Castro. Cuban forces crushed the incursion within three days. Also ...