There was no mention of the former president indicted in multiple criminal trials, including alleged violations of the Espionage Act, but two attacks on our sitting president (Opinion page, July 14), who is old but not senile and has managed to avoid a recession and curb inflation post-pandemic (eggs $1.19/dozen and gas $3.15/gallon) and continues to create jobs while unemployment reps to historic lows.

This is Bidenomics: public investment in infrastructure (who else will repair our crumbling bridges and remove dangerous lead pipes?); support for unions and relief for crushing student debt; and getting the wealthiest 1% to pay taxes while reducing health care costs for average Americans.

If you got to the end of Star Parker’s dubious assessment of the economy, you found the Republicans’ plan: ending Social Security and Medicare, “dinosaurs” that need “deep and real change in the way of personalization.” I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty sure I’m going to need both when I retire.

At a time when women and girls across the country are forced to carry unwanted or inviable pregnancies to term and Republicans in office want to tell you what to read to how to raise your children, it’s important to see both sides clearly in our local newspapers.

The beautiful thing about a daily newspaper is – you get to try again tomorrow.

Nancy Supanich

Woodland Hills, California, resident and Baraga County native