Opinion
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Biden wants high gas prices
As Americans struggle to put gas in the tank, President Joe Biden appears to praise high gas prices as a necessary part of our historic shift from fossil fuels. “Here’s the situation,” Biden said at a Tokyo news conference on May 23, “when it comes to the gas prices, we’re…
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Let’s keep children safe
Ideas. Some days, they flow freely. Other days, they’re jumbled into pieces like a jigsaw puzzle. You try to find the corner pieces and work your way inside. It’s a myriad of confusion, especially this week. Where to start? The shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, has weighed…
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Farmers market is a necessity
Mount Olive needs a farmer’s market in the downtown area, and in these difficult times it would be a great service to citizens. Efforts are underway by town-elected officials to do just that, and the town-owned lot at the corner of South Center and Pollock streets is the ideal location.…
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Odds & ends
Here’s a welcomed follow-up to my May 13 column, “Orwell tried to warn us”: The Department of Homeland Security’s planned Disinformation Governance Board has been “paused” and Nina Jankowicz, who had dubbed herself “the Mary Poppins of disinformation,” has resigned. As soon as the formation of this board was announced,…
