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Making the case to vote Republican

As we approach Election Day on Tuesday, each of us will be making consequential decisions, whether that is how we vote, or even if we vote — for choosing not to vote is still a decision. So here is my case to vote early or on Election Day, and vote Republican. The Democratic Party now largely consists of people who have made themselves strangers in a strange land. This is the root cause of their frustrations. They are norma-phobes, having a profound fear of traditional values, healthy patriotism and the individual liberty of those around them. Many Democrats were, strangely, very ...

Is ‘America First’ the right approach?

As an American Christian, I am puzzled by something that I see in our beloved country right now. Many of my brothers and sisters in Christ claim that America is and should be a “Christian nation.” Many of the same people support an “America First” approach to national policy. But Jesus said that the first shall be last, and the last shall be first (see Matthew 19:30, 20:16). Would Jesus, whom we Christians claim to be the savior of the world, endorse an “American First” policy?

Don’t fall for fearmongering

Often labels are placed on people because there is a lack of knowledge about them. Abdul El-Sayed is a person who has inherited such labels, just as other political candidates before him have. Barack Obama couldn’t possibly be president, supposedly he was foreigner. That was the excuse in lieu of being overtly racist. We couldn’t possibly have a woman president. Women are too weak and incapable of such leadership. How could we possibly have JFK be our president? He was Catholic (gasp!). He would be swearing allegiance to the pope, it was said. We could go on about various ethnic ...

We should learn from history

I read with interest the quote from “AOC” (U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.), made during a visit this month in Iron Mountain. “It’s not the left and the right that divides us. It’s the top versus the bottom.” Really? The mentality behind that view is “You have more than I do. I deserve to have what you have, and the government should give it to me.” So now not only are we to be divided racially, but we are also to consider fellow citizens to be our enemies. How does this position bring any unity to our country. I recently re-watched the classic film “Dr. ...

Carpenter billboard false, misleading

There is a huge, misleading billboard on Carpenter Avenue that is intentionally deceptive. Members of the Republican Party want you to think that Democrats and their party’s candidates want to change the United States to a socialist country. That could not be further from the truth. Numerous dictionary sources — Merriam-Webster, a gold standard — and political and history textbooks explain the difference between Socialism and social programs. Socialism is an economic system. In this system, governments or a collective group of citizens control the economy. We do not have a ...

Trump has closer ties to Communism

Thank the Republican party for alerting us to Communism in their billboard on Carpenter Avenue. Yet the truth of the matter is that our president has more connections to once-Communist Russia than anybody else. The newspaper for the Communist regime was Pravda, its propaganda arm. Pravda’s meaning — translated Truth — is close to Truth Social, Trump’s chosen means of propaganda. Some of the money behind Truth Social, under the auspices of Trump Media and Technology, comes from Russian loans. As cited in Wikipedia, “According to The Guardian, in December 2021, loans ...