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    High school class reunions are funny things, in more ways than one.

    Class reunions: Tripping down memory lane

    Guest Contributor -
    Another election has come and gone. And not much will make sense to until our lawmakers realize checks and balances and obstruction are not the same thing.

    Another election has come and gone. Now what?

    Guest Contributor -
    The blue wave met a red wall in the 2018 midterm elections, and while there is wisdom and hope in this divided nation, there is also darkness and despair.

    Blue wave meets red wall: Split decision for a divided nation

    Dick Polman -
    Utah voters have cast their ballots on Proposition 3, and the results are clear: Utahns want Medicaid expansion.

    As Utah voters approve Proposition 3 Medicaid expansion, 150,000 Utahns gain...

    Guest Contributor -
    The 14th Amendment prohibited birthright citizenship in six crucial words: “subject to the jurisdiction thereof."

    Actually, the 14th Amendment prohibited birthright citizenship

    Harold Pease -
    On Oct. 31, 1978, Congress enacted the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, making it illegal for employers to deny a woman a job because she is pregnant.

    Employees who have babies are still getting the axe

    Guest Contributor -
    Right now, voters need a timeout. But for leading Democrats focused on 2020, there's no time to waste.

    Onward to 2020

    Peter Funt -
    Veterans Day can be like Mother's Day or Father's Day: an occasion to heap praise upon individuals whom we spend the rest of the year ignoring, tolerating, or circumventing.

    Veterans Day: Is it enough?

    Danny Tyree -
    Price controls never work. They play to the liberal/left narrative that Trump is an autocrat intent on doing everything his way or not at all.

    Memo to Trump: Price controls are not the way to go

    Guest Contributor -
    Birthright citizenship is wrong for the United States. So are anchor babies. It's time for us to fix the constitutional loophole that created them.

    Birthright citizenship is wrong for America

    Michael Reagan -
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