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The current two-party system is failing us

DEAR EDITOR: It has become crystal clear with the recently Republican approved redistricting map, anti-abortion bills, anti-marijuana changes, and many other recent bills, that they have no interest in what the voters want or what is in our best interest. To resolve this issue, we need a new approach. We need new political third parties on the ballot that will represent voters who are left out of the current two-party system that is failing us. Voting in multiple third-party candidates, including independents, will dilute the current “monopoly” on the legislature and force ...

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I got a kick out of the article by Rich Lowry, about the conspiracy theories concerning TPUSA and the Charlie Kirk killing. Isn’t Candace Owens simply a chicken coming home to roost? — Niles Howland must have cornered the market on gifted teens. According to the Honor Roll insert of the Tribune, Howland listed 135 Seniors on the Honor Roll. Of those 135 students, 115 had achieved straight A’s (a 4.0 average). Really? That goes way beyond the normal ratio and certainly leaves all the other schools in the dust, schools that recorded more believable numbers. Makes one think that ...

Taking property and sports betting

DEAR EDITOR: Perhaps the most powerful and instructive components of the Constitution is the one mostly ignored by the courts — until recently. The 10th Amendment is short and states: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to its states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people” (emphasis supplied). In 2005 the U.S. Supreme Court in Kelo vs City of New London decided that a long-time home owner’s property could be taken by the city of New London, Connecticut to transfer to a private developer for ...

Free speeches should unite on health care

DEAR EDITOR: Will a conference of health care free speechers further the idea that getting health care for sick people in a timely and effective way is a good thing? The idea seems simple. Assemble health care free speechers, such as select academics, legal scholars, corporate media, independent citizen-journalists, activists, and others. See if they can reach consensus — about some aspect of their health care criticisms. The premise behind the conference is that America’s marketplace of ideas in health care debate is extinct, and we need to do something to revive it. ...

Why it’s hard to admit when you’re wrong

DEAR EDITOR: Did you ever wonder why, when the obvious is so, well, obvious that one simply cannot admit they were wrong, wrong in their choice or actions. For those of us who have raised, or are raising, children, this question, or incomprehensible feeling, arises frequently. Being embarrassed and rejected by your peers is the first reason for the absence of admittance, and some psychological factors also need to be addressed, either individually or through a comforting friend or companion. One of those psychological factors is “Cognitive Dissonance” (CD). CD is the ...

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Taxpayers should be treated equally! Once again, Warren has shown favoritism in its treatment of taxpayers by not plowing/salting non-thru streets. ALL streets should be plowed, not just the ones where council people live or the mayor lives or those with “connections” live. We also have to get to work and school. Those of us whose streets were not cleared pay the same taxes as others; perhaps we should deduct some money for lack of service. — Warren Forget for now the fact that Trump’s health is going downhill. After all, he mocked Biden’s ... and you know what Karma is. ...