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The legislature announced a new tax structure that would impose higher taxes on food, gasoline, and other consumer needs.

Tax reform repeal: The sheeple speak

Ed Kociela - January 28, 2020

We cannot get to the point where criticizing someone who happens to be black or another minority is viewed as being “all about race.” Dismissing genuine critiques about Meghan Markle is unfair because it both silences legitimate criticism of a person’s character and diminishes the impact of real racism.

I don’t like Meghan Markle. That doesn’t make me racist.

Christine Flowers - January 27, 2020

Immigration policy that was lauded when Obama was in charge is now anathema to the very same folks with the Trump administration at the helm.

Hardhearted immigration policy enforcement at our southern border

Howard Sierer - January 26, 2020

A church in Minnesota has been asking its older members to haul their old carcasses to some alternative congregation out of sight of hoped-for newbies.

Should older people be banned from church?

Danny Tyree - January 26, 2020

Uighurs Muslims in China are incarcerated indefinitely for their faith, and their wives become fair game and a reward to communist single men.

China: Incarcerate the religious husband and sleep with his wife

Harold Pease - January 23, 2020

When the New York Times emulates the distorted, abbreviated takes on social media and the form-over-substance nature of cable TV, it loses my vote.

I can’t endorse the New York Times’s approach

Peter Funt - January 22, 2020

it is disconcerting to learn that the governor of Utah has quashed a program to distribute condoms to high-risk individuals to prevent HIV and AIDS.

The risqué business of saving lives

Ed Kociela - January 21, 2020

When the Bee responded to CNN with “CNN Attacks Babylon Bee: ‘The internet is only big enough for one fake news site’,” liberals lost their sense of humor.

Liberals, where is your sense of humor?

Rich Manieri - January 20, 2020

The proposed changes to NEPA could allow federal agencies to approve projects without considering human health effects or public involvement.

Shutting public out of environmental decisions is not MAGA

Lisa Rutherford - January 19, 2020

Progressives react immediately to the slightest hint of discrimination against blacks and Hispanics. But Asian-Americans? That’s different.

Progressives discriminate against people of color

Howard Sierer - January 19, 2020

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