Opinion

“What’s crazy,” Jon Stewart noted in his Feb. 12 return to Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, “is thinking that we’re the ones as voters who must silence concerns and criticisms. It is the candidate’s job to assuage concerns, not the voter’s job not to mention them.”

The concerns in question revolve around the two major parties likely 2024 presidential nominees’ public and obvious displays of seemingly severe cognitive impairments.

I once wrote that “scientists are right about climate change.” I long opposed logging clear-cuts and excessive drilling. I even voted for the Green Party candidate (gasp!) for president. But this longtime supporter of environmentalism has completely abandoned its modern instantiation. Here are five reasons why.

1. Failed climate change predictions

Science is about accurate prediction. If Newton’s theory had failed to predict how apples fall, then it would be useless.

Over three years of Biden administration, foreign policy has led to national security crisis after crisis. First, the Biden administration has provided worse than absentee leadership on our immigration system and border security policy.

According to a report issued by Special Counsel Robert K. Hur on Feb. 8, his investigation found “evidence that President Biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen.”

On Dec. 19, Colorado’s Supreme Court deemed former president Donald Trump ineligible to appear on the state’s 2024 Republican presidential primary ballot.

In a 4-3 ruling, the court held that Trump had engaged in “insurrection” and was therefore disqualified from returning to the presidency per the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause.

Most opinion and analysis on this ruling (and other similar cases working their way through other states court systems) revolves around particular questions:

Was the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot an insurrection?

Canadian County CASA Inc. (Court Appointed Special Advocates) recently welcomed its newest volunteers.

Lynn Rodrigues, Talor Anderson and Savannah Carnes made the extraordinary commitment to give their time to help abused and neglected children in our community.

Judge Bob Hughey swore in our new volunteers. They have just been appointed to their first CASA case and are excited to begin their journey in becoming a valuable advocate for children in need.

Sound advice from U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT): “As a rule, Americans shouldn’t trust any bill so large that it has to be delivered by handcart.” He’s referring to the latest National Defense Authorization Act, which weighs in at more than 3,000 pages.

Stopping at “Americans shouldn't trust any bill” would improve Lee’s rule, but he’s a politician, so let’s give him some (cough) Lee-way and credit him with a good start.

As we approach the joyous holiday season, we find ourselves reflecting on the incredible achievements of our students and the remarkable strides our academic community has made.

It is with great pride and gratitude that we reach out to you, our valued supporters and champions, to share exciting news and extend a heartfelt invitation to make a lasting impact this season.

Three cheers to Gov. Kevin Stitt for walking back a decision to apply for a new private school tax credit program that he championed just months ago.

At the very least, it’s a bad look for a millionaire to apply for a tax credit that GOP lawmakers promised would help poorer families.

It also seems to raise some thorny ethical questions about whether it’s OK to almost immediately reap the rewards from legislation that has financial implications.