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    I never liked the campaign slogan “Make America Great Again.” America has always been great. America will always be great.

    America has always been great

    Christine Flowers - September 18, 2018
    The nonprofit Amazing Earthfest is hosting community conversations coupled with free climate change documentary film screenings in Kanab.

    Amazing Earthfest hosts climate change documentary film screenings

    Guest Contributor - September 17, 2018
    The bill Sen. Chris Van Hollen has put forward to prevent Russian election meddling, the DETER Act, would help the Kremlin and hurt America and her allies.

    How the DETER Act will fuel Russian election meddling

    Guest Contributor - September 17, 2018
    Those of us who understand the existential threat posed by climate change have been waiting for the "Pearl Harbor moment."

    A year that will live in infamy: It’s time to act...

    Guest Contributor - September 16, 2018
    The Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act would expand health savings accounts, or HSA’s, and save patients and the nation's healthcare system a lot of money.

    The Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act: A healthcare solution both parties can...

    Guest Contributor - September 15, 2018
    The STRONGER Patents Act will boost family businesses

    The STRONGER Patents Act will boost family businesses

    Guest Contributor - September 15, 2018
    Maybe it's all true. Maybe it's all BS. But the New York Times hit a new low in its war on Trump last week when It published an anonymous op-ed piece.

    Resistance in the White House

    Michael Reagan - September 14, 2018
    To keep upward pressure on wages during a labor shortage, and to keep labor markets tight, immigration should be reduced.

    Fed chair calls slow wage growth “a puzzle”

    Joe Guzzardi - September 14, 2018
    The federal government requires colleges to commemorate Constitution Day with a student activity to qualify for Title IV grant money. It's unconstitutional.

    Constitution Day: What should colleges commemorate?

    Harold Pease - September 13, 2018
    If we were to focus on who best embodies that spinelessness, someone who is a Republican metaphor for a party in moral eclipse, I nominate Ben Sasse.

    All talk, no action: A Republican metaphor

    Dick Polman - September 13, 2018
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