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Victor Joecks: America at 250 — The roots of America's greatness

If you want to find out why our country has been so successful, you should study the people who built it. America is about to turn 250 years old. It should be easy to celebrate America. Aside from the healthy patriotic pride anyone should feel, we are the greatest country in the history of ...

Robert B. Reich: Trump's non-victory is a terrible failure

Trump again claims victory in Iran. He's claimed victory before, but now he has a so-called "agreement" with Iran. That agreement, which appears to be no more than a memo of understanding — that is, a set of principles to which Iran and the United States have agreed — stops the fighting ...

Letter: Show some compassion for a man who has none

There is so much criticism aimed at President Trump that it is disheartening.  People just don’t seem to understand his cruelty and bigotry.   Don't they know that he can’t help himself in that, through no fault of his own, he is a sociopath, a mental health disorder characterized by disregard for others, with tendencies to lie, break laws, act impulsively? It is also quite possible that the heartbreak of lifelong painful bone spurs affects him daily.   Let’s show some compassion for a man who has none. Jim KillettLahaina

Rich Lowry: Karmelo Anthony's race doesn't matter

The system failed Karmelo Anthony — he stabbed someone to death and is going to jail for it. If this doesn't strike you as an injustice, you haven't been paying attention to the voices defending the 19-year-old who was just sentenced to 35 years in prison for murdering another teenager at ...