Opinion

Letter to the Editor: The world is our neighbor

We live in Dalton in a great neighborhood. In the summer I share my garden. My wife, who…

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Lauren Harper: Secrecy gives the government control. FOIA can restore the power imbalance

Editor’s note: Sunshine Week is March 16-22 this year. Excessive government secrecy takes many forms, including denying or…

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Alexandra Paskhaver: On the rebound when it comes to brackets

I could have become a professional basketball player if not for my inability to score baskets. And my…

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John Stossel: The good, the bad, the undocumented

President Donald Trump is deporting immigrants — 11,000 last month. Some people are unhappy about that. Last week…

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Citizens of the Week: Volunteers at Coahulla Creek

Volunteers gathered on four separate days during the past two weeks to plant trees along the banks of…

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Megan Rhyne: States of denial: Government transparency spotty in the states, and worsening

Editor’s note: Sunshine Week is March 16-22 this year. As the executive director of the Virginia Coalition for…

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Tom Purcell: More children needed

It’s a growing concern that world leaders, economists and even Pope Francis have warned about: People aren’t having…

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Christine Flowers: Five years ago, remembering a national nightmare

I had a slight fever, some chills, nausea and a killer sore throat. I downed some chicken soup,…

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Alexandra Paskhaver: What the doctor ordered

Unlike me, my doctor is popular, so it’s impossible to get a physical unless I schedule four months…

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Sheila Albers: Public records revealed the truth about how my son was shot to death by police

Editor’s note: Sunshine Week is March 16-22 this year. “There was a Honda Odyssey minivan in the garage.…