Opinion | Daily Journal

A data-driven breakdown of the five most damaging tax myths in American politics – from billionaire taxes to corporate rates – and what the actual numbers show.

These church leaders seem to be engaging in a kind of immoral equivalency. Do they not know that the Islamic regime hates Christians and Jews and believes their deity demands they be killed?

When ethics laws don’t explicitly ban certain conduct, the result is that the powerful are invited to dance in the gray areas until jurists ultimately define the actual rules.

Current law empowers the board to expel implicated students for up to two calendar years. Under SB 2991, the mandatory minimum would be one year.

While EV tax credits were dismissed as wasteful "rent-seeking," they were actually subsidizing America's economic competitiveness, energy independence and technological future – advantages China is already seizing.

A teenager in work boots scooped up a stranger's dropped wallet, handed it back with a joke, and in 10 seconds turned a tired man's frustration into laughter that rippled through the entire coffee shop.

DOC’s glowing education release stands in stark contrast to inmates who just want to hold a birthday card from a child or parent, but along with HB 4235’s broad support, it does foster optimism for commitments to prepare inmates for healthy returns to society.
State revenues are up sharply this quarter, but federal budget cuts and tax law changes could erase those gains — and shift massive costs to states.

Granddaughter Jennifer (daughter of Susan and Ervin) wrote the column for me while she was at our daughter Verena’s.


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