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Opinion

The pro-life fight will never end

Editorials and columns

When the landmark Supreme Court decision Dobbs v. Jackson overruled Roe v. Wade in 2022, the pro-life movement celebrated a victory many assumed would never come. For this victory, President Donald Trump undeniably deserves praise, at the very least because of his impact on the makeup of the ...

The art of taxing fairly is messy

Editorials and columns

"The rich should pay their fair share of taxes." Who can argue with that? But then we must decide who is rich and what is meant by fair. Neither political party has distinguished itself in making such distinctions. But Republicans play an especially outrageous game in portraying the Internal ...

Sending in the clowns

Editorials and columns

Even someone with a rudimentary understanding of economics should know that if you tax a business or individual beyond their level of tolerance they will pack up and leave the state for one with lower or no state income tax. Unfortunately, one can't escape the long arm of federal taxes. Proof ...

Republicans can win on health care affordability

Editorials and columns

For most of the last 40 years, pollsters have asked voters: Which party do you trust more on health care? The answer has been pretty much the same over this whole period. Voters trust Democrats more, sometimes by a two-to-one margin. When I've asked my Republican politicos why that is, the ...