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Shifman: Time for a national conversation about legal marijuana

Whether you love it or hate it, it’s a fact that 29 states so far have some form of marijuana decriminalization or legalization, with more considering the possibility. People hav...

DATE: Aug 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Brooks: Getting Trump out of my brain

Last week, The Washington Post published transcripts of Donald Trump’s conversations with foreign leaders. A dear friend sent me an email suggesting I read them because they reveal how Trump...

DATE: Aug 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Krugman: What’s next for progressives?

For now, at least, the attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act appears dead. Sabotage by a spiteful Trump administration is still a risk, but there is – gasp! – a bipartisan push to limit ...

DATE: Aug 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Reality TV: ‘The Pompadours of 1600 Pennsylvania’

WASHINGTON – A future trivia question and historical footnote, the spectacular 10-day flameout of Anthony Scaramucci qualifies as the most entertaining episode yet of the ongoing reality sho...

DATE: Aug 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

James: Taking part in celebrations of life

Funerals. Ever been to one? Yeah, me too. Been to a few. It makes me smile that they call it “a celebration of life” these days. That’s nice. Much better than the old organ playin...

DATE: Aug 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Williamson: 75th anniversary of the invasion of Guadalcanal, Aug. 7, 1942

Martin Clemens, a British district officer on Guadalcanal, a large island northeast of Australia, had taken to the hills with his native scouts when the Japanese first arrived in June 1942, ...

DATE: Aug 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Schultz: Forced to choose, a veteran gives up on America

PAINESVILLE, Ohio – So many small moments at a rally for immigrants in this northeast Ohio town drove home the growing magnitude of the community’s loss. Children born in America,...

DATE: Aug 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Schultheis: Where is our century’s Gen. Smedley Butler?

On Sept. 1, 1933, a bagman for some of America’s biggest bankers and business executives met with retired Marine Maj. Gen. Smedley Darlington Butler in a Newark, New Jersey, hotel room. The ...

DATE: Aug 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Tipton: Securing our nation at home and abroad

The United States has stood strong for 241 years. Through our commitment to a strong national defense, we have been able to protect our interests at home and abroad. Unfortunately, as our in...

DATE: Aug 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Brooks: Sen. Jeff Flake plants a flag

Do you ever get the feeling we’re all going to be judged for this moment? Historians, our grandkids and we ourselves will look and ask: What did you do as the Trump/Scaramucci/Bannon adminis...

DATE: Aug 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Grantham: Governor’s climate gambit reeks of Obama-style overreach

News accounts of Gov. John Hickenlooper’s recent decision to accelerate renewable energy goals for Colorado and join the “U.S. Climate Alliance,” aligning the state with international commit...

DATE: Aug 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Mistreatment of Jeff Sessions carries implications

WASHINGTON – Transparency, thy name is Trump. No filter, no governor, no editor lies between his impulses and his public actions. He tweets, therefore he is. Ronald Reagan was so ...

DATE: Jul 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman