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    Returning for Christmas in New York was a grave disappointment. Happy memories of carefree skaters around the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree were dashed.

    Christmas in New York: A cautionary tale

    Joe Guzzardi -
    Wondering if things will change for the better in the New Year? Here's a handy clip 'n' save 2019 precap — news certain to occur during 2019.

    2019 precap

    Peter Funt -
    I often hear it said, “I’m doing it for my children and grandchildren” or “I want my children and grandchildren to be able to live here.” These are used when referencing any number of issues, but here in Washington County, they are used often when referring to the proposed Lake Powell Pipeline.

    What gifts and lessons will we leave our children and grandchildren?

    Lisa Rutherford -
    If Congress wants to stop kids from dying in the arms of Border Patrol agents, they have to secure the border and pass comprehensive immigration reform.

    Blame Congress, not the Border Patrol

    Michael Reagan -
    Maybe it's a little misleading for me to headline a column "Celebrities we'll lose In 2019" since I'm not in possession of a crystal ball.

    Celebrities we’ll lose in 2019

    Guest Contributor -
    Let us keep the partial government shutdown in place until we get a commitment from both parties for the whole $25 billion needed or legislation to redirect the funding of illegal immigrants’ welfare-funded lifestyles to the wall.

    The government shutdown is necessary for national security

    Harold Pease -
    Are Republicans finally smelling the Trumpster fire? Is it actually possible, at this eleventh hour of peril, that some Republicans are rediscovering their spines?

    Are Republicans finally smelling the Trumpster fire?

    Dick Polman -
    Sheldon Adelson is pushing for the DOJ to short-circuit states' constitutional rights by reducing iGaming competition for Las Vegas and its hotel owners.

    Abandoning principles to please a Republican billionaire?

    Guest Contributor -
    The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, encourages Mexico and Canada to value new medicines fairly, thereby fueling medical progress.

    How the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement will save lives

    Guest Contributor -
    On Nov. 28, Paul Ryan's H.R. 7164, which would add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program, passed the House on a cowardly voice vote.

    Paul Ryan’s final betrayal

    Joe Guzzardi -
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