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Local Editorials

Citizens will have to back police or crime

Shootings are on the rise in major American cities. Some on the left and many in the media are scrambling to suggest this has nothing to do with the lawlessness that has been allowed to grow under the guise of “protests” over police killings of black men. But peaceful protests are one ...

State updates manual for driver, police safety

Minnesota has made an important update to its driver’s manual. We hope those drivers who are also gun owners are paying attention. Drivers who are stopped by police may be asked if they have a firearm in the car. To keep everyone — driver, passengers, police — from danger, drivers are ...

Iran builds arsenal as world is distracted

While the rest of the world was preoccupied with other things this spring and summer, Iranian leaders — despite a severe COVID-19 epidemic in their own country, were busy creating another threat. Iran has continued to increase its stockpile of enriched uranium, needed to build the nuclear ...

Mainstream media misses boat on blame

The United States has been going through a lot this year, but it seems that regardless of the issue — coronavirus, reopening the economy, Black Lives Matter riots — the national mainstream media does all it can to smear blame on the Trump administration and its political allies. It’s ...

Museums, historical sites need our support

It will take some time for us all to get used to the “new normal” after the COVID-19 epidemic. One aspect of our lives that should not change — but could — is the variety of museums or historical sites that educate and entertain us, our children and grandchildren. Throughout the ...

Et Cetera …

Maintain good habits People are beyond tired of the COVID-19 pandemic and most are anxious to get back to normal lives. Who can blame them? But as we have seen across parts of the country in recent weeks, reopening the economy has meant new spikes in virus cases. Those new cases spawn even ...