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Froma Harrop: Exactly what business are we in with measles?

Measles is a "cost of doing business," says a highly placed official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I'd like to know what business that is. To be fair, let me finish the CDC principal deputy director's quote. Ralph Abraham said that measles is a cost of doing business ...

Letter: FEMA housing going to Lahaina fire survivors?

So, Federal Emergency Management Agency is extending the assistance for allegedly helping with housing fire victims? Why does nobody report on the millions in damages done by FEMA occupants to multiple private residences? How about the allegation that most of the “temporary emergency housing” locations have minimal Lahaina survivors? How about the alleged crime and drug use at some of these locations and the “relaxed” regulations that allegedly have resulted in multiple deaths and assaults at some of these locations? Why are all these issues hidden from the public? Why ...

Letter: First responders, teachers target of bill for home loans

The Helper Act is a very important bi-partisan bill that would create an FHA-backed home loan program for first responders and educators in today’s housing crisis to allow our police, fire, EMTs and teachers to purchase a first-time home with no money down. The first-time homebuyer home loan program under the FHA eliminates a down payment requirement and eliminates the monthly mortgage insurance premium requirement. This would be a huge win for our most critical service-oriented members of our community. Mayor Richard Bissen has endorsed this bill and as has U.S. House Rep. Jill ...

Froma Harrop: Every aspect of the Epstein scandal must be probed

Of course, Bill Clinton should cooperate with any investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's trafficking of underage girls. The suggestion that Democrats would shield a former president from questions that might tarnish his legacy speaks ill of Democrats. This concerns a criminal enterprise, not ...

Cal Thomas: The wrong narrative

If you follow what presents itself as "reporting" these days you have likely heard about a 5-year-old boy in Minneapolis who was used as "bait" to get his father, who had abandoned him, to return so he could be arrested. Some claimed the child had been "kidnapped" by ICE. Rep. Jasmine ...