Politics or Treason

Letter to the Editor
People like to describe what the Republicans are doing as politics but that’s not the word I would use. I call it treason. All they are proving is that it’s easier to destroy America than it is to fix it. All one has to do is look around at [...]

Filibuster Rule must Die

Letter to the Editor
In spite of what you hear in the news it does not take 60 votes in the Senate to pass a bill. It is not in the Constitution nor are there any laws that require 60 votes. The 60 vote barrier is an obscure Senate rule called the filibuster [...]

President Obama’s War?

Letter to the Editor
When did Afghanistan become Obama’s war? The way I remember it Bush started the war in 2002 back when no one knew who Obama was. Now it’s Obama’s war? Give me a break! This war would have been over if Bush hadn’t pulled the troops out and sent them [...]