Each week the Standard-Examiner hashes out issues large and small and takes a thumbs-up, thumbs-down stance. Here’s what we recommend this week for praise and criticism:<strong>THUMBS UP:</strong> Let’s give a round of applause to firefighters and forestry ...
A man with a long-standing beef against the Annapolis, Maryland, newspaper Capital Gazette entered the paper's headquarters with a shotgun and murdered five staffers. It represents the deadliest attack on U.S. reporters in modern history.Before learning about the suspect's mental issues and his ...
Now that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has rocketed into the national spotlight as result of her stunning primary victory over incumbent Democrat Joe Crowley in New York's 14th Congressional District, what's the message for national politics?How did this young woman, who has never held or run for ...
It came as no real surprise when Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he will step down July 31, after 30 years on the high court.Barely had the announcement been made when the Democrats and the Republicans were at each other's throat.Liberals had hoped that Kennedy, 81, would hold ...
My friends, this is a dark hour. Intolerance, cruelty, racism, misogyny, xenophobia and environmental destruction have been let loose across the land.Donald Trump controls the Republican Party, the Republican Party controls the House and Senate, and Trump may soon control the Supreme Court.But ...
If Donald Trump can wind down the make-war projects of previous administrations in favor of a more profitable alternative, he will go down in history as one of America’s greatest presidents.Whether or not Trump will fully realize that potential, however, depends on two things: his ability to ...
