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Terrence P. Jeffrey: Another year, another $2 trillion in debt

Just two weeks after he was sworn into office, former President Ronald Reagan went on national television to address the American people about what he perceived to be a dire problem. It was the national debt. "The federal budget is out of control, and we face runaway deficits of almost $80 ...

Cal Thomas: An old and a new year

"What's past is prologue" wrote William Shakespeare in "The Tempest," a thought profound enough to be engraved on the National Archives building in Washington. As America prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, a blip on history's ledger compared to many other nations, we would do well ...

Mona Charen: Respect or Fear?

In the course of his losing race with the teleprompter during his Oval Office address on Dec. 17, President Donald Trump returned to a theme that obsesses him — respect. Even before his entry into politics, Trump was convinced that "weak" leaders including Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Obama ...

Michael Barone: In a gloomy winter, read a couple of classic books

After Christmas is over, and the sunrises start getting earlier and the sunsets later in the Northern Hemisphere, there are still two months of scarce daylight and lowering skies ahead. Here's a suggestion for how to fill the gloomy hours with uplift: read. Read some great books, returning ...

Letter: Puunene Post Office closed permanently?

Puunene Post Office, da old one on Hansen Road, not da Kahului kine, get ballots on da ground inside. You can see um from da windows They wen close um las year afta A&B sold um fo fix um up and now all fix up, but neva open. Why? And now get ballots on da ground inside. Not right. When they going reopen? They taking dat place from da community. They can't do dat kine. Somebody need fo say something. George KekahunaPuunene