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Letter: Many countries condemn drug smugglers to death

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I used to live in California 40 years ago and there were a lot of illegal immigrants working in the agricultural and other jobs that a lot of people did not want. The government knew about it, but let it go. Poor Mexican could get a good wage and provide for their families across the border. But the drug cartels got involved and started to import hard drugs in America. Drugs started to deteriorate America with crime and violence. Other countries found out that drugs are a lucrative business and now they also started to get involved in importing drugs in America and all over the ...

Jeff Robbins: Blitzkrieg: The Trump assault marches on

Columns

The term "blitzkrieg," German for "lightning war," is used to signify the swift deployment of concentrated military force to overwhelm a line of defense. It's most often used to describe the Nazis' use of tanks to rout first Poland in September 1939 and then the rest of Western Europe in a few ...

Rich Lowry: Don't abuse the word "protest"

Columns

Alex Pretti wasn't killed while "protesting." This is a common description of what he was doing on a Minneapolis street the fateful morning when a confrontation with federal immigration agents ended in his tragic shooting. But if Pretti had been a mere protester, he'd very likely be alive ...

Dr. Jessica A. Johnson: The value of a college degree

Columns

The debate regarding the value of a college degree has resurfaced in the news recently. With tuition continuing to increase at universities and colleges across the country, many people have, as NBC News political reporter Ben Kamisar described, "grown sour on one of the longtime key ...

Stephanie Hayes: What a year this month has been

Columns

What do you mean it's still January? From Minneapolis to Venezuela to Greenland, a year's worth of current events have unfolded in a matter of weeks. Here are a few things that feel as long as the first few weeks of January have felt: The first workout after vacation at the all-inclusive ...