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Opinion

What’s the deal with all the polarization?

Ed Puskas

Given the events of the year that just concluded, it’s no wonder that the Merriam-Webster Word of the Year — announced early last month — was “polarization.” The dictionary folks weren’t suggesting that it’s getting too cold. Quite the opposite, actually. This polarization has ...

Donald Trump voters did not elect a winner

Letters to the Editor

DEAR EDITOR: Trump won. Voters unable to make rent, or afford day care or higher education, or even three squares a day voted for him and his promise to make the mysterious “they / them” pay for economic misery. Voters who mistrusted, for valid or bogus reasons, national government, ...

Orchids and onions

Editorials

ORCHID: To the 117 students of Howland High School teacher Peri Graf’s Principles of Food and Global Foods classes for baking hundreds of cookies and for making holiday greeting cards in special packaging for the 100-plus veterans who stop by Veterans Outreach in Liberty. The project provided ...

Citizens United 15 years later — what is left?

Letters to the Editor

DEAR EDITOR: Come January 2025, what else have we to contend with besides 47 and his White House circus? Well, for openers, January 2025 will mark the 15th anniversary of Citizens United being approved by a partisan SCOTUS. That’s right, and for those of you who may have not heard of ...

Our tribal ways are reason for nation’s woe

Letters to the Editor

DEAR EDITOR: It is a Christmas morning, when we think of those who are too far to see, but close enough to love: Family and friends, and all the members of our human family. If we could only stand together, form a circle, connected by hands, but cemented with love. Unfortunately, reality ...

RFK Jr. should be approved to lead HHS

Letters to the Editor

DEAR EDITOR: The Vindicator’s daily poll question on Thursday was should the U.S. Senate confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary? My answer is a resounding yes. I first started paying attention to RFK Jr. when he wrote an article about Thimerosal that appeared simultaneously in ...