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Reflection on a stranger’s remark Editor: Last October 18th, I participated with over 800 other local people in the second “No Kings” demonstration on the Portage Bridge. I carried a sign that said, among other things, “No Dictators”. As I was walking back across the bridge, a young man walking in the other direction said to me as he passed - “A dictator would kill you!” - I didn’t respond and kept walking. I’m not sure what he intended by the statement, may be just to “own me” or that no simple sign would provide protection from a dictator. I kept turning ...

Gary Franks

Columns

The Republicans' greatest allies are the Democrats. They make error after error and repeat their errors. They say a dog goes back to its poop. Well, maybe that would explain it. In the spirit of March Madness basketball, the Democrats will jump for the "head fake" and simply go the wrong way, ...

Tim Graham

Columns

Our elitist media are so devoted to the Democratic Party that the only time you can be confident that a few questions might get tough is when there's a primary election. Once a candidate wins the primary, then all controversies are categorized as desperate Republican distractions and ...

Letters to the editor

Letters to the Editor

The Continuing SAGA of Navy Street Editor: As some of you may know, the push by the City of Hancock to build the extension of Navy Street behind the Portage Lake Condo Association continues but this time with a timeline—bids let out in the spring and construction to being this summer and completed in 2027. The PLCA opposes the construction of an extension of Navy Street on the City of Hancock Easement behind our garages because of the following issues: 1. There is a very steep grade that must be dug into to create a one-way road that creates a significant risk for PLCA residents ...

Rich Lowry

Columns

We've long known that Donald Trump drives his critics crazy, and he's now doing it to some critics who used to be friends. The isolationist right is convinced that President Trump is waging the Iran War in behalf of Israel, which would make him the handmaiden of a foreign power. That ...

Robert B. Reich

Columns

No one knows what Trump is going to do from minute to minute, least of all Trump. But it's looking ever more likely he'll be exiting Iran within days, declaring his "excursion" into it (as he's termed his war) a major victory — and then changing the subject. On Friday, Trump posted on his ...