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The Asylum Phenomenon on the Southern Border

People hoping to settle in the United States wait years for a green card to be legal residents. They play by the rules. These law-abiding newcomers must feel like idiots, watching what's happening on the southern border.Hundreds of thousands of Central American migrants are walking right in. ...

The Demagoguery of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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 ...

Who deserves praise and criticism this week in Northern Utah?

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 ...

Trump Blamed for Death of Reporters: Did Media Blame Obama for Cop Killers?

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 ...

Sales tax windfall should benefit state

South Dakota had a problem.More and more people were buying their clothes, electronics and even groceries online.Because some of those companies didn't have a physical location in our state, taxes weren't being collected on those goods and state government's coffers were getting squeezed.But it ...

Time to end gridlock in Congress

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 ...

What are we going to do?

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 ...

Trump needs allies to usher in a new world order

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 ...

This Stuff Actually Matters

Three years ago this past week, the Supreme Court threw out the laws of most states and declared gay marriage to be the law of the land in the name of happiness. Since then, people of faith have been under a sustained assault by leftwing activists. Progressives have attacked florists, bakers, ...

Celebrating our independence

Today marks the 242nd birthday of the United States. We’re certainly looking forward to the parades, ballgames, barbecues and other celebrations of our peculiar experiment in self-governance.We’re also looking forward to the fireworks displays, albeit with some trepidation. After a ...