Opinion Stories from August 12, 2019 (Change date)
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Flags at half-staff becoming commonAug 12, 2019 10:50 am - As sad as it sounds, we might as well leave the flags at half-staff. If nothing changes, mass murders will likely continue to be the norm. It's a complicated issue, but...
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Will voters punish president?Aug 12, 2019 10:50 am - Donald Trump boasted in a speech on the campaign trail that he could kill someone on 5th Avenue in New York City and get away with it. Well, it happened this weekend, bu...
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Time for president to be a leaderAug 12, 2019 10:50 am - I agree with almost everything President Trump said in his speech in the aftermath of the deadly weekend we've just witnessed. He urged us to condemn hatred in all its ...
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Rescue country - voteAug 12, 2019 10:50 am - If a person has not cried this week, I am praying for your soul. Now is the time for all good people to come to the rescue of our country. And vote. Terry Witt Bartlett ...
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Americans have appetite for actionAug 12, 2019 10:57 am - Six-year-old Stephen Romero, 13-year-old Keyla Salazar and 25-year-old Trevor Irby were killed by bullets from an assault rifle at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Within the...
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Trump's rhetoric plays a roleAug 12, 2019 10:50 am - Our country is in mourning - again. Two more mass shootings of innocent people, young and old and there is no end in sight. President Trump is being blamed for the shoot...
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Trump cares only for NRA moneyAug 12, 2019 10:57 am - The front page of the Aug. 6 Daily Herald contained an article in which Donald Trump, following the recent senseless mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, was quoted as ...
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Hypocrisy of leaders' criticismAug 12, 2019 10:50 am - Is this hypocrisy at its finest? Lori Lighfoot blames Trump for the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and the shootings in Dayton, Ohio. Maybe we should all pay careful a...
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Focus on banning assault weaponsAug 12, 2019 10:57 am - Assault rifles have no legitimate civilian use. Their sale was banned in the 1990s, but the ban was allowed to expire when Dennis Hastert refused to allow a bill extendi...
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Take action to stop gun violenceAug 12, 2019 10:50 am - In the wake of five high-profile shooter rampages in eight days, we've read news articles including possible motives, descriptions of the heroic responses from police an...
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