State of the Union 2018 summary from a single perspective
The piece weighs both positives and negatives from 2018. It notes a stock market at record highs near 26 000, gas around 2 54 a gallon, unemployment at 4 2 percent, and long term savings for drivers. It also flags ongoing issues like illegal immigration and technological unemployment.
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Media as counter balance to political leadership
Dr. Mark L. Hopkins writes for regional papers and has served as president of colleges in four states. Hopkins notes that media's core role is to inform and hold power to account, while highlighting a motto about shedding light for public insight.
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Online reader poll on blame for shutdown and Super Bowl rooting
Readers are asked to vote on who they blame for the political shutdown and whom they root for in the Super Bowl. The poll directs readers to vote via the Holland Sentinel News Facebook page and Twitter account.
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DACA action urged as shutdown ends without Dream Act passage
A Michigan faith and immigrant rights group presses Congress to pass a Dream Act and urges Compassionate leadership from Sen. McConnell and Michigan lawmakers. Adriana Vazquez and Adam Lipscomb share personal stories of undocumented status and immigrant work, calling for quick, bipartisan reforms.
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Pro-life and abortion views in Holland letters
The writer supports peaceful protests and urges open adoption while opposing a constitutional abortion ban. He cites rape or incest as moral exceptions, emphasizes protecting a woman’s health, and questions anti abortion resistance to birth control. Don Jansen signs off from Park Township.
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