Empathy Gap in America Across Economies and Lives
The piece argues that focusing on pocketbook gains masks broader harms. It contrasts a strong economy with social strains: immigration policy fear, health insurance gaps, care burdens for children, and environmental and infrastructure challenges in Puerto Rico and Flint-like communities. It emphasizes lacking empathy for others’ hardships.
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Grand Rapids
Puerto Rico
Community Column Challenges Our Polarized American Lens
Barbara Mezeske urges empathy for those outside our circles and warns against dehumanizing political rhetoric. She reflects on hyper partisanship, the need for shared civic values, and the risk to democracy, inviting readers to recall the pledge and strive for respectful discourse.
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EPA
America
Marshall on originalism and the living Constitution in Maui address
Justice Thurgood Marshall challenged founders based limits on constitutional meaning in a May 1987 Maui address. He argued the 14th Amendment created a dynamic, evolving justice system, contrasting with proponents of strict original intent in debates over Justice Kavanaugh’s nomination. Marshall urged viewing the Constitution as a living document that protects rights beyond its framers' views.
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Brett Kavanaugh
Anthony M. Kennedy
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Maui
Hawaii
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Constitutional Bicentennial Commission
Edwin Meese III
Philadelphia
America
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Letters to the Editor Respond to Local Dems and Trump Opinion
Readers argue for sweeping policy changes and criticize coverage of Trump and Mueller. The letter references Labor Day, weather, and riverwalk, then critiques Martin Nieuwsma and Free Speech for People while predicting impeachment battles.
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Mueller
Clinton
Manafort
Cohen
FBI
Department of Justice
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House
Senate
Dems
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