Elon Musk has a talking problem

Polls have repeatedly shown that majorities of voters support the work President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency is doing to cut waste and fraud in federal spending.

Justice Coney Barrett is not a DEI hire

These days, political parody is next to impossible, because politics is so absurd. Case in point: This quote, “Amy Coney Barrett was a DEI appointee,” is from a post from someone on the right side of the political spectrum.

Courts to determine the extent of power

BROWNVILLE, Maine – “See you in court.” Those four mumbled words have set in motion more than 100 legal challenges that have been issued to fight the initiatives of the president’s first eight weeks in office.The provocation was issued by Janet Mills, the second-term Democratic governor of Maine.

Bad things in the air this past week

Ill winds were blowing through Clinton Tuesday. Yes, the wind howled and moaned what felt like never before. It made people question the idea of making sure they had enough weight in their pockets and made trash polycarts litter the streets.Power lines went down at the CHS Ag Barn.

Murphy plays leading role in response

Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy is one of the Democrats urging his party to more aggressively resist President Donald Trump across a broad range of issues. “Mr.

MAGA is fighting a war on free speech

In 1791, the nation’s founders ratified the First Amendment to the Constitution.

Where Dvorak found music in the air

SPILLVILLE, Iowa – Here, the fields of corn and soybeans go on forever, and here the road into town makes incongruous turns in a territory whose byways are defined by 90-degree angles.

Quick-fire topics on a lovely day

Normally this space is accustomed to taking a deep dive into one particular topic or problem to address. On this occasion, it’s time to fire off some quick hitters for a change.

Thankful for property renovation work

Dear Editor: On behalf of my husband and myself, we would like to say “thank you” to the City Council, Toby Anders, Johnny and Tina Dixon, and their crew for the work put into the properties of 405, 405.5 and 407 S. 10th St.It has been an amazing transformation!

The ‘fire first, figure it out later’ strategy

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have been rapidly firing federal workers with little consideration for which ones are critical to government functioning. So now, the Energy Department is scrambling to rehire people abruptly let go from the National Nuclear Security Administration.