On the eve of Oklahoma Newspaper Week (Oct. 5-11), community newspapers across the Sooner State are busy doing what our nation’s founding fathers envisioned that they must, so the new Republic and its focus on freedom could withstand the certain intrusion of corruption and misdirection. Newspapers seek out truth and shine a light on both good and bad deeds, ensuring that the citizens they serve are truthfully informed.
CLINTON DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL
The White House has proposed good and bad ideas to reduce drug costs. Among the better ones is a reform of the obscure 340B drug program, which enriches large hospitals at the expense of patients. Cue the protests from the hospital lobby.
MONTREAL – Hardly noticed in the United States amid its worries about domestic tranquility was an important, telling and symbolic development that prompted boldfaced headlines here.
CLINTON DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL
There’s no law that says a politician has to write a book after a big election. Kamala Harris, the former vice president, was not required to write a book about her losing 2024 presidential campaign. But she wrote one anyway, and now a lot of people, those favorable to Harris and those not, are wondering why she did.
At Sunday’s memorial for the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump paid a peculiar tribute. Having quoted Kirk’s words of forgiveness, he put aside the script.
Though human history is undeniably replete with political violence, Brian Klaas, a professor of global politics who studies these events, asserts that three key factors currently place the United States at high risk for this type of destabilizing violence.
The overhaul of American attitudes toward immigration has many fronts. One is the border, both the southern and northern frontiers. Another is workplaces – Mexican restaurants, manufacturing plants like the Hyundai facility where hundreds of Koreans recently were arrested – where the undocumented are found. A third is this week’s emphasis on sanctuary cities, which harbor many of the migrants Donald Trump is targeting.
CLINTON DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL