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Celebrate Pride Month Dear editor, For the LGBTQ+ community and their friends and allies, the month of June includes remembrance of both tragedy and celebration. Among the many acts of violence committed against this community was the Pulse nightclub massacre on June 12, 2016, when a gunman opened fire, killing 49 people and injuring 58 others in one of the deadliest mass shootings in a country that has experienced far too many such events. But June is also a time of celebration. In New York City on June 28, 1969, riots broke out after a police raid at the Stonewall Inn. Over the ...

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano

Some of the recent legal challenges to the use of surveillance by the Department of Homeland Security upon Americans have resulted in the revelation of truly terrifying behavior by the government, in direct defiance of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. We now know that the federal ...

Gary Franks

On the question of prejudice, racism, favoritism and unfairness have these actions hurt America in recent years? No, and possibly yes. No, because the vast majority of American people get it and truly strive to treat others like they would like to be treated. But for American politicians and ...

Letters to the editor

Bergman's "Statement" EDITOR, I was eager to read the statement issued by Congressman Jack Bergman that was highlighted on the front page of the Gazette on May 23. I hoped to be enlightened about how he was serving his constituents. Perhaps he would explain the fantastic outcomes of the Big, Billionaire Tax Relief Bill he voted for last summer? The bill that is driving health insurance costs up by over $1,000/yr and pushing thousands of Michiganders off of ACA coverage. And causing small businesses to drop employee health coverage because of rate increases. Perhaps he would say how ...

Armstrong Williams

The reported end of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" marks more than the cancellation of a television franchise. It represents the collapse of an era in American media where political outrage replaced entertainment, ideology replaced humor, and audiences were expected to applaud lectures ...

Rich Lowry

The Democrats couldn't complete their term paper, but handed it in anyway because too many people were wondering what had become of it. Under pressure, the DNC finally released its autopsy of the 2024 election, after rampant speculation about what it contained and why it hadn't yet been ...