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Opinion: Path of least resistance?
Political philosopher, historian and lifelong Midwesterner Russell Kirk said in “The Essential Russell Kirk,” “The integrated man is governed by the permanent things.” To Kirk, the “permanent” things were more than death and taxes. The list included a transcendental moral…

Letter: Astonished by the disconnect
Editor, Allison Brown’s Sept. 8 letter about witnessing voting at her school 55 years ago, and the civic pride it sparked, was a lovely read. But I confess a different reaction every time I read letters like hers from older generations: astonishment at a disconnect from the…

Letter: Practical reform needed
Editor, John Blackman’s (Aug. 25) letter was wrong on many points, but more importantly, it was wrong to frame immigration as a partisan issue. Reasonable people on both sides agree our immigration system needs reform. Fear-mongering will not help anyone. The Biden statistic…