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Into the breach: Global Camps Africa works to rescue Africans’ future
Historians may settle on President Donald Trump’s demolition of the United States Agency for International Development as the perfect exemplar of America’s precipitous plunge: the nullification of the best and most idealistic of what we have to offer by those whose values are the worst and most cynical we’ve ever …
Harry and Meghan. Who are these people?
It was a day of deep thinking and heroic typing, my brain so fried I could hardly call out for pizza. Then the news and social media feeds exploded with reports that Harry and Meghan plan to leave California and move back to England. What was that to me? I …
Few Democratic socialists are blue collar. Most everyone knows it.
Classic Labor Day imagery shows men wearing hard hats and tough women in uniforms. These are Americans who did not build their muscles at a wellness club. By contrast, actual photos of the Democratic Socialists of America show seas of white faces belonging to college graduates. The only work most …
Ditching net zero
What a difference a few years make. Not long ago, politicians said climate change was going to kill us, so we must move to “net zero” emissions. This is theoretically possible. Since vegetation removes carbon, we could get to net zero by burning fewer fossil fuels.
‘Kudos to my friend’
To the Editor: Recently, a dear friend of mine decided to do something very well thought-out and generous: a community event. She decided to host a “household items garage sale” and collected items from many friends and neighbors. The three-day sale was well attended and very productive in $$$ raised …
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Racist tests
Did you know that the SAT is racist? During Woke I, as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez now calls it, “antiracists” said the SAT’s creators “were avowed eugenicists.” No wonder Black people get lower scores.
Insulting Canada is sick economic policy
Oh good, another war. This time a trade war with Canada and for no other reason than ... what? To give Donald Trump a new stage for big-league bullying? To divert attention from the Jeffrey Epstein files? Who knows. Whatever. Trying to humiliate our closest ally does not serve American …
Who can take AOC seriously?
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has begun the process of freezing her eggs for future childbearing. Not only does AOC talk about it, she shares Instagram videos of her getting hormone shots in her belly.
Trial time for Trump: The Democrats’ impeachment imperative
Except for those in districts that are deeply, deeply blue, Democratic Congressional nominees won’t be making the impeachment of President Donald Trump a campaign issue this fall. There’s no percentage for them in doing so. For Democrats in contested districts, the “I-word,” like Voldemort, is the thing that shall not …
Are mainstream Democrats taking back the wheel?
You couldn’t find a wackier candidate than Francesca Hong, the Democratic Socialist vying to become the governor of Wisconsin. She wanted to defund police and abolish ICE, topping it all off with a call to end Thanksgiving. “Saturday Night Live” couldn’t have made her up.
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River News: Our View
First, let’s begin with the good news. A lot of Wisconsinites are breathing heavy sighs of relief now that the socialist Francesca Hong was sent to the gallows by her own party earlier this week.
Ogres on pikes: Americans embrace the politics of decapitation
Anyone looking for an actual liar about COVID-19 shouldn’t be eyeing Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease expert who spent 50 years protecting the public health and earning every accolade he got. If Republicans wanted to highlight bona fide lying about COVID, the guy they’d haul in for questioning would …
Naked dressing: From Studio 54 to the bridal procession
Brides should know that they already have a man. They don’t have to use their wedding to attract a date for Saturday night. They’ve supposedly secured one for the foreseeable future.
Who’s to blame when parents choose not to vaccinate their young?
What is the death count under Donald Trump? We’re not talking about loss of life in his war with Iran. We’re not talking about natural deaths by aging or unpreventable diseases. We mean Americans who die because they refuse safe vaccines that Trump or his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy …
Saved by the boys of summer: Baseball to the rescue, again
At my age, I shouldn’t care so much whether the Boston Red Sox win or lose, let alone permit my daily mood to rise or fall accordingly. It’s only a game. It’s supposed to be a pastime (according to AI, something that “helps make the hours pass pleasantly when you …
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