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June 18 letters to the editor

Post Office drive-by boxes disappearing  It simply disappeared.  Have you noticed the drive-by post box at the Morgantown-Dellslow Post Office is gone?   I asked the postmistresses inside, why; and they said: “Orders from ‘on high.’ ” I called the 800 number ...

A threadbare democracy

The story goes that in the closing days of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a lady asked Benjamin Franklin whether the participants had decided upon a republic or a monarchy. Franklin replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.”   Franklin was not the only Founder who, even ...

Tara Reade: Anatomy of an insanity

With her wild hair, peekaboo sweater and extraordinary claim that then-presidential candidate Joe Biden had sexually assaulted her, Tara Reade merited considerable skepticism. Any such accusation deserved a hearing, of course, but Reade was an obvious nutjob and Putin shill. Why did she have ...

Compromise makes a comeback

by Steven Roberts After negotiating a deal with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to avoid a catastrophic default on America’s debt, President Biden observed: “Now, this agreement represents a compromise, which means not everyone gets what they want. That’s the responsibility of ...

Debt deal: Could it have been better?

It was either the best deal that could have been reached given the political makeup of the House, Senate and White House, or it was a bad deal that might have been much better had Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans held out for more.  Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage ...