Legislators facing tough decisions

December is going to be a busy month at the Capitol. We started filing bills on Nov. 16 and have until Friday, Dec. 11 to request bills.

Goodbye to peace through strength?

President-elect Joe Biden named his national security team last week. Antony Blinken will be nominated for secretary of state; Jake Sullivan for national security adviser; Avril Haines for director of national intelligence; and Alejandro Mayorkas for secretary of homeland security.

Mayor thinks 2D is best for Clinton

We have all looked at the dessert menu at some point and said “Oh, it all looks so good, I just can’t decide.

TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is the 339th day of 2020 and the 74th day of autumn. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1639, Jeremiah Horrocks observed the first recorded transit of Venus, which occurs when Venus passes directly between the sun and the Earth. In 1881, the first edition of the Los Angeles Times was published.

TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is the 337th day of 2020 and the 72nd day of autumn. TODAY’S HISTORY In 1823, President James Monroe announced a policy aimed at preventing further European colonization of the Americas, later known as the Monroe Doctrine. In 1927, Ford Motor Co. introduced the new Model A.

Christmas spirit

Salisbury Pharmacy Intern Cadren Reed carefully places Christmas ornaments on a Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving.

CLINTON’S HISTORY 10, 20 AND 30 YEARS AGO

30 YEARS AGO Butler’s three Girl Scout troops had acquired a new building to use for their meetings and activities. The house was donated to the troops by Lloyd Lee of Del City, who lived there as a child.

We live in a caring community

While COVID-19 may be turning the world upside down, the giving spirit in Clinton remains alive and well! Just in the past month there have been numerous stories in the Clinton Daily News about organizations of all ages that are doing their part to help others.

Christians in the Middle East need us

Archbishop Bashar Warda is a man of hope, humility, courage and defiance. Christians will stay in the Middle East, like it or not, he says – even if there is little or no room for them among Muslim leaders in the region.

PPP deductibility must be fixed now

The coronavirus pandemic has laid much of the American economy on its back — but a bright spot made the disaster less crippling than it might have been. That is the Paycheck Protection Program, which funneled money to workers through small businesses.