Dictator for a day, or president for life?

To the Editor:

Former President Donald Trump is known to be an admirer of autocratic rulers, particularly President Xi Jinping of China. According to CNN, when Trump heard that Xi was about to be gifted a constitutional amendment that would eliminate term limits for the president, Trump was reported to have said “He’s now president for life, and he’s great.

Court wrong on immunity ruling

To the Editor:

The convicted (but yet to be sentenced) felon who sent an armed mob bent on mayhem to attack the U.S. Capitol in a desperate attempt to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 Presidential election returned to the scene of the crime on Thursday, June 13, and was welcomed with open arms by members of the “values” party, the once proud defender of “law and order,” the Grand Old Party (you remember), the party whose members fled in panic three years ago last January less they be killed (or in the case of the vice president, hung) on a scaffold erected just outside the United States Capitol (Whew!). 

Embrace the ideals America stands for

I know that many people are so upset with the state of politics and division in our country that they struggled with the idea of celebrating the Fourth of July this year. Patriotism is and always has been a slippery and problematic thing. We’ll get back to that. 

Boosting immunity during COVID-19

“The immune system is complex and different for every person. Each person’s immune system is unique to them because it is based on the genes one inherits.”

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