• As of Saturday, May 28, the Journal Tribune is no longer publishing letters to the editor regarding the June 14 primary, or columns by or about local candidates running in the June 14 primary.
Journal Tribune Opinion
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Ferocity in pursuit of … what?
This will be the most contentious, most bitter, most polarizing and most unappealing race for president since James G. Blaine and Grover Cleveland competed in 1884. But it may be the least ideological presidential campaign since 1820, when the Federalists put forward a vice presidential candidate but couldn’t even find a presidential nominee. This is […]
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Orange is the new blue (or red or yellow)
The world needs new primary colors. Red, blue, and yellow are so yesterday. The trio of hues people have blindly accepted as “primary” for as long as anyone alive can remember has had more than enough time in the sun, an object vital to life on our planet which is neither blue, red, nor entirely […]
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Editorial Roundup
The Rutland Herald (Vt.), May 25: Humorist Andy Borowitz has used President Barack Obama’s commencement address at Rutgers University as a springboard for satire. According to Borowitz, Republican chairman Reince Priebus declared that Obama’s “pro-knowledge remarks” would come back to haunt the Democrats. Priebus, in Borowitz’s account, said, “This fall, we will ask the American […]
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Wiping out America’s morals
Donald Trump is on his way to being an authority figure. Some feel he’s already there. When nominated, he will have the mantle of authority that comes from being the standard bearer of one of America’s two major political parties. Ironically, Trump will have captured the Republican nomination by winning only 12 million votes, or […]
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Vote ‘no’ on RSU 21 withdrawal
Arundel taxpayers – are you ready to add another $1,000 a year to your tax bill? That’s the estimated increase for an average $200K Arundel home. I’m not remotely able to pay that kind of increase! And I doubt you are either. At last week’s public forum, four of five of our Arundel selectmen individually […]