Opinion

Dear Editor,

Prom night.

It has been fascinating to watch how a woefully ignorant and gullible American public can be conned into believing that somehow the Republican party has their best economic interests at heart when legislative initiatives and policies are developed and enacted. They placate millions of people by using cultural issues, most having little or no real impact on the lives of most of these people. For example: there are only 1.3 million (.5%) transgendered people in U.S. Buying into one or more cultural issue and blatantly voting against their economic self-interest is simply foolish. It is becoming clearer that the interests, policies and legislative actions of the Republican party are to grow the wealth of the most affluent in our society. In part, this effort to expand income inequality is being done to continue to receive campaign donations that help the bought and paid for politicians attain and maintain their Congressional jobs.

April Fool’s Day is one of my favorite unofficial holidays.

Open letter to Senators Hoeven, Cramer and Representative Fedorchak,

President Trump’s second term has made clear how much we need the courts to uphold the rule of law — and what a difference that makes to our everyday lives.

Letter to the Editor:

Lent 2025 started on Wednesday, March 5 with Ash Wednesday.

Dear Editor,

Uh-oh. Trump is hearing voices again.