OPINION — Alfred Southall’s recent critique of Donald Trump’s rhetoric falls into a familiar trap: prioritizing elite etiquette over tangible national results.
He claims that …
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OPINION — My response to recent letters from MJ Forman and Linda Kavanagh regarding immigrants: MJ’s correct in stating that immigrants have been used as political punching bags. If it …
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Few words in America spark a debate more quickly than “socialism.” For some, it’s the root of all evil, and leads to the demise of a country. For others, it’s the common-sense compassion for our fellow man that makes a country rise. Here are two views.
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OPINION — We all get a warm glow when we hear the airline gate agent inviting active-duty service members to board early. What isn’t said, isn’t known, is that some of those young men and women will die eventually by their own hands, and at nearly three times the rate of civilians in the same under-34 age group.
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For many Valley families, back to school means updating their students’ wardrobes, buying backpacks, assorted gear, books, electronics and school supplies. According to reports, the average …
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OPINION — “President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea,” Matthew Lee and Ben Finley write for the Associated Press, “does not just slight a longtime ally but raises broader concerns about the security interests of the United States in Asia and elsewhere.”
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OPINION — There was a time, not that long ago, when curious voters could know where political candidates stood on important issues of the day by reading their local newspapers. Those days are gone, as are many of the newspapers. AI overviews are no substitute.
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OPINION — One of the most widely read books of all time is “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.” It’s a historical work, written in 1788 by Edward Gibbon, an English historian and member of Parliament.
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OPINION — Re: Tempe council member pushes civility in government at annual government conference: It is comical that Doreen Garlid and Corey Woods speak of civility when Woods specifically (with Garlid present) spoke derogatorily of their own citizens in a secret, illegal meeting in December 2022.
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OPINION — When we think of spies, we often imagine fictional characters equipped with high tech gadgets, disguises and daring escapes. Yet some of history’s most remarkable intelligence agents were real women of color whose courage, intelligence and determination helped shape the outcome of major wars.
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OPINION — Arizona Congressional District 8 Rep. Abe Hamadeh sure likes to throw stones at glass houses, but runs away afterward. He called out Gov. Katie Hobbs for not debating his fellow House Republican gubernatorial candidate, Andy Biggs, while Hamadeh running away from CD 8 opponent Bernadette Greene-Placentia’s debate challenge.
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OPINION — Congress allocated $50 billion through the One Big Beautiful Bill to improve rural healthcare. Many states have identified maternal and infant health as a priority for this funding, and for good reason: most rural hospitals no longer deliver babies.
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