Opinion: Stimulus spending is worth the debt

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Opinion: Stimulus spending is worth the debt

A road crew works to complete the resurfacing of Parker Street March 17, 2020, in Gainesville. - photo by Scott Rogers

Road Work.jpg — A road crew works to complete the resurfacing of Parker Street March 17, 2020, in Gainesville. - photo by Scott Rogers

Letter to the editor

Published: Oct 19, 2022, 1:46 AM

Each year I attend my bootcamp platoon reunion in Raritan, New Jersey. Our platoon was unusual in that all 75 of us signed up together and entered the Marine Corps as the John Basilone Honor Platoon.

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Opinion: Trump officials should learn about loose lips sinking ships

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listens as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office of the White House on March 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/TNS)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listens as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office of the White House on March 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/TNS)

Letter to the editor

Published: Mar 27, 2025, 9:00 PM

Quite a “Kerfuffle” (A better description begins with “S”) involving “inadvertently” including the editor of The Atlantic to a text chain with the president’s senior most cabinet members of his intelligence and defense agencies.

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