Bloomingdale Opinion
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Silencer ban would not reduce gun violenceMar 24, 2018 1:00 am - I would like to offer a counterpoint on Erica Nelson's letter on "silencers," also known as suppressors. Erica is a great person and fine public servant, but I disagree ...
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A model for making America competitiveMar 23, 2018 1:00 am - Germany, with its high worker wages (substantially higher than ours), high taxes and strict government regulations, has the world's highest trade surplus. To make Americ...
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Facing up to lost warsMar 22, 2018 1:00 am - I clearly remember thinking that the U.S. was losing the Vietnam War if indeed it had not already lost it. I am now thinking that we have been losing the war in Afghanis...
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Renew global food actMar 22, 2018 1:00 am - Two years ago, we accomplished something historic in the fight against hunger. On July 20, 2016, President Obama signed the Global Food Security Act into law, after it h...
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Perspectives on 'pro-life'Mar 21, 2018 1:00 am - Politics and religion aside, I wish everyone could understand that you can be pro-choice AND anti-abortion. The point is, I abhor abortion, I wouldn't encourage anyone t...
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Stop bill allowing silencersMar 21, 2018 1:00 am - We are listening to the voices of teenagers in our country who are saying, "enough." They are not talking only about Marjory Stoneham Douglas High School in Parkland, Fl...
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Show ID to voteMar 20, 2018 1:00 am - Due to a scheduling conflict on March 20, my wife and I decided to early vote for the first time in nearly 50 years. To my dismay, voting not close to our home, we weren...
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Elect candidates who will act on gunsMar 19, 2018 1:00 am - It is not too soon, as our Republican politicians might suggest, to discuss common-sense gun reform and renewing the ban on assault weapons, such as the one used Feb. 14...
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Critics can't keep pace with Trump's successMar 17, 2018 1:00 am - Like him or not, President Donald Trump is the rolling stone where no moss will grow, with the 24-hour cable news and media channels, they can't keep up with the daily b...
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Students deserve to be heard on gun violenceMar 17, 2018 1:00 am - I was encouraged seeing so many students participate in the national school walkout and very proud of them. This generation of students remember the horrifying tragedy i...