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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Buying silence with taxpayer cash

So the Democrats stand ready to investigate and, if their conjured-up evidence supports it, pursue the impeachment of President Trump for any imaginable act or omission they can accuse him of having committed. Published December 13, 2018

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2018, file photo, Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette, left, runs for yardage as he is stopped by Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker Bud Dupree, right, during the first half of an NFL football game in Jacksonville, Fla. Jaguars coach Doug Marrone says Fournette was responding to racial slurs while yelling at a fan in Nashville, Tenn., last Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. Fournette declined to address the accusation in the locker room Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, on the advice of his agent. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) ** FILE **

Redskins-Jaguars: Five reasons to watch

The teams are 6-7 and 4-9. The quarterbacks will be Josh Johnson and Cody Kessler. But here are five reasons to watch the Washington Redskins play the Jacksonville Jaguars this week. Published December 13, 2018

Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez poses in the parliament after a motion of no confidence vote at the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Friday, June 1, 2018. Opposition Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez has won the vote to replace Mariano Rajoy as prime minister, in the first ouster of a serving Spanish leader by parliament in four decades of democracy. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EDITORIAL: The populist urge unsettles Spain

Europe seems to be in turmoil because it seems to be reverting to form. The continent that produced two catastrophic world wars in a single century looks to be rebelling against the political, cultural and economic status quo. Ruling elites just aren't popular anywhere. Published December 12, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Don’t repeat Carter’s Iran error

In his op-ed "Punishing the Saudi prince" (Web, Dec. 11), Clifford May places in proper prospective the importance of Saudi Arabia to world stability. He provides valuable insight into the strategic significance of Saudi Arabia in a Middle East torn asunder by various Islamic ideologies. History is an additional critical factor that must be considered. As philosopher Santayana said 100-plus years ago, Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Published December 12, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: No wall, no sovereignty

The border wall is not Donald Trump's. It's an American border wall to define our property, control legal immigration and safeguard American rights to sovereignty ("Trump: If Democrats hold back on border wall, the military will build it," Web, Dec. 11). If top Democrats refuse to shut down the border, the president should shut down the government. Without the one we won't need the other. We can just wait for our orders from the United Nations in New York after they confer with Brussels. Published December 12, 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron poses before a special address to the nation, his first public comments after four weeks of nationwide 'yellow vest' protests, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. Facing exceptional protests, French President Emmanuel Macron is promising to speed up tax relief for struggling workers and to scrap a tax hike for retirees. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)

EDITORIAL: The wail of the French grows louder, and Emmanuel Macron’s head hurts

Burning cars and breaking shop windows is some people's idea of a good time, and sometimes the rioters can make a case for a legitimate cause. The French can riot about as well as anyone this side of the Middle East, and they're angry about how they're expected to pay what they regard as more than their share of sacrifice. Published December 11, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Cosby actions, fate a shame

Recently the daughter of Broadway legend Frank Loesser, who wrote the Christmas favorite "Baby, It's Cold Outside," blamed actor Bill Cosby for the controversy involving the song's lyrics. Susan Loesser said that it reminded people of date rape because of Cosby's assault of all those women over the years. It is a shame that is a fact of life now. How times have changed. Published December 11, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Nothing’s ever Clinton’s fault

Hillary Clinton is the perfect political pinata ("Hillary's vaudeville tour flops," Web, Dec. 9). After all, she continues to dabble in a rich chaos of distractions (including the present lecture tour) all employed as narcotics to dull the pain of loss and console her fans, a kaleidoscope of excuses ranging from the misogyny motif to an arpeggio of absolution touching on FBI incompetence, Russian interference, gender abandonment, Sanders skullduggery and whatever else may stick to the wall and disguise her inability to discern and give voice to voter concern. Just how long her fans will swallow this skit before indicating growing displeasure with funhouse mirror distortions is anybody's guess, but flotsam from the SS Clinton shipwreck will continue to float along with attempts at blame deflection. Published December 11, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Capitalists pay for socialism

More than a third of young people surveyed by Gallup in a poll conducted earlier this year favored socialism. When did this become the America of today? Whether this is a result of ignorance of history or the influence of liberal indoctrination by some in our universities, these young people would do well to visit beaches at Normandy and Iwo Jima, the jungles of Vietnam and the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan to learn about young men and women who did believe in American exceptionalism. Published December 10, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Left never leaves Oval Office

Two recent commentary pieces, "The perpetual presidency" (Web, Dec. 5) and "A powerful lesson as we remember President Bush" (Web, Dec. 5) combined to convey a very powerful lesson. Published December 10, 2018

20-month-old Christopher Yuhas is mesmerized by the lights on the Christmas tree in Central Park in Johnstown, PA., while visiting with his grandmother Roseanne Menjvar, Friday, Dec.7, 2018. (John Rucosky/The Tribune-Democrat via AP)

EDITORIAL: Christmas highlights the presence of extraordinary human abundance

That "it is more blessed to give than receive" sums up the spirit of Christmas. Fortunately, there is no shortage of objects of delight to stoke the dynamics of both giving and receiving during the holidays. The humbuggery of the Scrooge contingent notwithstanding, there has never been such a season of abundance, and that's a reason for good cheer. Published December 10, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Grains keeping us fat, sick

Low-fat milk vs. refined or "whole" grains ("School lunch rules OK refined grains, low-fat chocolate milk," Web, Dec. 6)? Here we have a distinction without a difference, and that is the point. You just keep the public confused and you can keep the big bucks rolling in. It is laughable that the American Heart Association and the Center for Science in the Public Interest are splitting hairs over whole vs. processed grains. What do they think of the processed (chocolate) milk? Few people know that the USDA food pyramid is nutritionally deficient. Published December 9, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Nimitz’s Pearl Harbor victory

For the Pearl Harbor attack, the 77th anniversary of which we marked last week, the Japanese forged a strategic weapon of six heavy carriers for a coordinated attack by 360 planes on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941. Never before had any country executed and/or planned a raid by more than two carriers on any naval or land target. No inkling existed within allied operational or intelligence communities of a capability beyond the 21-torpedo bombers a British carrier had used to attack the Italian navy at Taranto. Pearl Harbor presented the opportunity for a strategic victory achieving control over much of the Pacific Ocean. Published December 9, 2018

In a Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, file photo, Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams makes remarks during a press conference at the Abrams Headquarters in Atlanta. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

EDITORIAL: Many Democrats want to be president, but there’s no star in the wings

The Democrats did moderately well in the midterm elections, but not as well as they expected, and they lost the three big races they really wanted to win, the governorships in Florida and Georgia and the U.S. Senate seat in Texas. Winning any one of them would have been impressive, particularly given the generally conservative voting record of those states. Such a result would have cheered the Democratic base, and given momentum to the party for 2020. The Democratic media would have put that winner in the winners bracket in the presidential sweepstakes. Published December 6, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: No tears for Weekly Standard

I applaud the demise of the "conservative" political magazine The Weekly Standard ("Weekly Standard on the brink: 'I don't expect it to exist' in 2019, report says," Web, Dec. 4). The folks who manage the magazine have for years stood in the way of creating better lives and circumstances for all Americans and have been most vocal since President Trump was elected. Published December 6, 2018

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Don’t allow climate leeches

"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez declares climate change 'the civil rights movement of our generation'" (Web, Dec. 3) underscores the planet's urgent need to halt, or at least slow, the dire effects of climate change. The point was similarly laid bare by both the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the U.S. National Climate Assessment. Yet the Paris Climate Accord is not off the hook, either. Published December 6, 2018