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From democracy to dictatorship

Tim Mannello Williamsport It is the Supreme Court of the United States, not the President of the United States, that determines the meaning of the Constitution and the law for EVERYONE, including the President and the Executive Branch. On Tuesday, May 27, 2025, U. S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order stating that only the “President and the Attorney General shall provide authoritative interpretations of the law for the executive branch.” If the Supreme Court and we the people allow this executive order to become the law of the land, our country’s democracy ...

Biden hindsight

Jim Newton Itasca My friends who voted for former President Joe Biden are frustratingly stuck between his presidential accomplishments, his shoot-himself-in-foot moments since leaving office and his recent cancer diagnosis. Biden’s administration gave us the CHIPS Act to bolster’s America’s semiconductor manufacturing and research, the Inflation Reduction Act and a bi-partisan Infrastructure Law. That’s a short list, but safe roads and bridges come in handy. They benefit everyone. I once handed an attendant my change, or threw it into a toll basket. No one ever asked me who ...

Give us your young and aspiring

Tim Cowan Julian Students with disparate backgrounds, cultures and interpretations of our shared Earth, it will be your conversations, friendships and conflicts that set the stage for a more inclusive future. It will be the ways that you influence the developing views of the world community and how you are influenced by the voices of your peers in These United States of America. The people of this nation welcome you and yearn for that More Perfect Union, which you have become a part of. Whether you return to your nation of origin or remain to participate in this nation’s future, ...

Chaos is the theme

Lassie MacDonald State College The fact is, there is no true leadership in the Trump Administration or the Republican Congress. Trump is an amoral narcissist who has surrounded himself with sycophants. As with all narcissists, he has no thoughts of leadership for the good of the nation, only thoughts of glorifying and promoting his own image and desires. The current sycophantic Republican Congress is beholden to Donald Trump, having willingly ceded significant constitutional powers to the Trump administration, eroding Congress’s influence and authority at the expense of the ...

Subversion from within

Arthur Keller Beavertown The Trump administration has secured the release of 47 detained Americans abroad. US Retail Gas Price, as of June 9, reports that gas prices are down by 11% compared to last year. Mississippi is paying less than $3 per gallon. NerdWallet, as of June 12, states the unemployment rate is 4.2%, which is lower than the long-standing average of 5.67%. The stock market is experiencing a boom, with indices like the S&P 500 and Nasdaq showing significant gains. Over the past month, the stock market index has climbed 3.05% and is up 12.03% compared to the same time ...

Out of touch with reality

Kimball Shinkoskey Woods Cross America is currently biting the dust with strife like we have not seen since the Civil War. Meanwhile, the good guys are standing on the sidelines with their hands in their pockets. Corporate America just keeps cranking out absurdly out-of-touch commercials where everybody is all smiling, singing, and dancing. Churches keep on inviting people to believe in the afterlife, ignoring what is going on in this life. I thought corporate capitalism was supposed to solve all our problems with its trickle-down economics. I thought Jesus was the ...