Letters policy

The Dispatch Record encourages letters from readers. Letters should be to the point, typed if possible, and signed. Anonymous submissions will not be printed. Address and telephone numbers also should be included for verification purposes.

Politicians, the media lied to you

Lying is certainly nothing new in politics.It is said that prostitution is the world’s oldest profession, but politics is assuredly the dirtiest -- filthier even than garbage man, mortician or, well, the world’s oldest profession itself.

Presidential press conferences

When the 69-year-old former governor of California ran for president in 1980, his political adversaries and the establishment media often focused on the same theme: Ronald Reagan was “too old.”Gannett News Service published a story in February that explained how George H.W.

Overcoming the public debt will take sacrifice, changes

“ A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury.

Declare your independence from propaganda, deceit

In the aftermath of the disastrous “debate” between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the media maelstrom rivals Hurricane Beryl in intensity -- and possible destructive impact. Will Biden step down or be forced out? Will Vice President Kamala Harris be tapped to take his place?

Recent emergency exposes folly of DEI in medicine

EDITOR’S NOTE: Dennis Prager is off this week. We hope readers will enjoy the following guest column by Victor Joecks.If you want to know why prioritizing DEI in medical schools is a bad idea, consider your priorities in a medical emergency.

Questions for the DeLa Express Pipeline Project owner, manager

Why can’t this pipeline or any other utility installation follow the right of way access for roadways?Why do you have to cross the land owned by the people?

Ours is an internet nation

The baby boom generation -- born in the years from 1946 through 1964 -- grew up without cellphones or personal computers. Whatever they read in their childhood years was almost always printed on some kind of paper whether it was a newspaper, a magazine, a novel or a textbook.

How conservatives can finally get judicial nominations right

The current Supreme Court term is not quite over, but conservatives have already suffered notable defeats in cases involving Big Tech censorship and free speech, states’ lawful ability to proscribe abortion, the ubiquity of the abortion pill (mifepristone), the constitutionality of the Consumer...

Biden’s executive amnesty is illegal and unjust

During the Constitution ratification debates between the Federalists (who supported ratification) and the Anti Federalists (who opposed it), one of the most strident areas of disagreement was the extent to which the proposed position of president of the United States was actually an ersatz king.