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Vote for common sense Letter to the editor: The upcoming mid-term election boils down to either voting for common sense or nonsense. Republicans want: a closed border; deportation of illegal criminal aliens; tough-on-crime Judges and District Attorneys; lower taxes and fewer regulations; no sanctuary cities where illegal criminals are allowed to roam about (New York, Chicago, L.A., San Francisco, just to name a few), all Democrat run cities; voter ID (an issue that 80 percent of the people want); no transgender men in women's sports (another 80-20 issue); no partial-birth abortions; ...

Internet scammers need oversight

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Americans lose billions of dollars every year to online scams, and the problem is getting worse. A recent report from the Consumer Federation of America found that Americans lost an estimated $148 billion to "online scams and crimes" in 2025, an increase of nearly 26% from the year ...

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Endorsement for Trimont Mayor Letter to the editor: Bruce Borntrager and I grew up together here in Trimont. Through the years, I have known Bruce as an upstanding citizen, businessman, and someone who has always been involved in our community. I served as Mayor of Trimont for 15 years, and for approximately seven of those years Bruce served with me on the City Council. I saw firsthand the knowledge and common sense he brought to the table. As a longtime businessman, Bruce understood finances, the importance of asking questions, and that decisions involving taxpayer dollars needed ...

Who is Ilhan Omar?

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Much of Ilhan Omar's family story is a black box, but we are presumably about to learn more about it. Federal authorities raided her Washington, D.C., residence in what's reportedly a probe related to her immigration paperwork. The congresswoman has alleged an effort to weaponize federal ...

MAGA masculinity: Protesting too much

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We've seen Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lifting weights in snug Levis, sweat pouring down his naked muscled chest. Last February, the secretary of health and human services was "giving body" in the "Rock Out Workout" video. A jeans-clad Kennedy flexes alongside Kid Rock in black shorts, then strips ...

Does AI deserve human rights?

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You can't be cruel to a toaster; inanimate objects don't feel pain. You can't be cruel to a computer program, either, even if programs like Microsoft Word often seem pretty cruel to us. Yet the artificial intelligence company Anthropic insists its product is different: Starting next ...