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Asking for your Early Vote  To the Editor: Hi, I'm Jaime Bleess, District 2 Martin County Commissioner. Early voting started this week. I'm writing to ask for your support to help me continue to serve as your District 2 Commissioner (Central Fairmont Area). I currently serve on the following committees to represent the best interests of Martin County: Chair of the Joint Powers Workforce Board Prairie Lakes Transit Executive Committee  Martin County Library Board Martin County Building Committee Brown County Detox Board of Directors South Central EMS Board of ...

If the Kennedy Center stays closed for now, so be it

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Go ahead, President Donald Trump, keep the Kennedy Center closed. Don't give it money for necessary repairs. This is low-hanging fruit for Americans done with your extortion schemes. They don't have to submit to small-bore intimidation like this. They can just shrug at the demand that your ...

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Who’s the Captain of the ship To the Editor: In 1981 my Honeywell manager lent me tapes by Michael Vance, concept designer with Roy and Walt Disney at its genesis and with Steve Jobs designed “Apple Values” at its inception. Creative Thinking, Creative Management and Management by Values were amazing, and his reading list. I bought and brought every one with ocean sailing with Roger Swanson in 1982. Vance stated, “Don’t sanction incompetence.” “You do no one any good allowing them to keep making mistakes.” Without efficiency, effectiveness, knowledge and speed you are ...

The marriage deficit is an economic catastrophe

Columns

The Beatles told us: "All you need is love." They were right, but along with love must come marriage. But marriage rates have plummeted, especially among young men. A Pulitzer Prize-worthy story by Sean Salai of The Washington Times crunches all the numbers. To say they are worrisome ...

Violence to nip hate is on November ballot

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During a Sept. 1 preliminary hearing for the defendant accused of fatally shooting Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, 2025, the defendant's attorney, Richard Novak, accused Kirk of "speaking hatefully of certain groups of people. He spoke hatefully of people who don't have ...

We are the leaders we've been waiting for

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We're now officially in the run-up to the midterm elections, with less than two months to go before Election Day 2026. The good news is most Americans now understand how bad Trump is. With the exception of Nixon, he's the most unpopular second-term president at this stage in his tenure in the ...