Opinion

About half a decade ago, we were all in an uproar and chanting, “Lock her up” over a private email server and classified email messages. Now there’s an eerie silence punctuated by cries of “witch hunt” because FBI agents went to Mar-a-Lago and confiscated classified documents that should never have been there.

(Terre Haute) Tribune-Star

(Anderson) Herald Bulletin

Great American writers who dare to write for mass audiences often receive critical scorn for their efforts.

Most of the public and parochial schools in my area started back up this week. So what, one might ask, until one looks at the calendar and realizes it is the second week of August. What happened to summer vacation?

(Anderson) Herald Bulletin

I’ve been living in Rustbelt towns in West Virginia, Ohio and Indiana for more than two decades. One shocking thing I continue to hear is the belief that something will cause an increase in factory jobs. Whether this fantasy is heard on the national stage or in cities and towns, I remain stunned by the ignorance that otherwise intelligent people have about manufacturing in the United States.

When the good people of Kansas voted overwhelmingly in a statewide referendum to reject restraints on reproductive rights, they sent a message that could be read by everyone.

Can the legislative process still work more or less as intended, with lawmakers balancing competing interests and arriving at a solution that the majority of the population can at least live with if not enthusiastically endorse? Or have we become so divided as a nation that neither side wants to concede anything to the other?

To the Editor: