Almanac July 5 2025 highlights and birthdays
This almanac notes today as the 186th day of 2025 and the 16th day of summer. It lists notable birthdays including PT Barnum, Jean Cocteau, Huey Lewis, Edie Falco, Shohei Ohtani and Megan Rapinoe, and recalls the bikini myth linked to the Bikini Atoll atomic test. The piece also marks Arthur Ashe's Wimbledon win in 1975, quotes RZA, and notes the moon phase between July 2 first quarter and July 10 full moon.
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Anna Arnold Hedgeman
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Huey Lewis
Bill Watterson
Edie Falco
Rza
Megan Rapinoe
Adam Young
Owl City
Shohei Ohtani
Louis Beard
Bikini Atoll
United States
Arthur Ashe
Centrists Versus Populists Redefine Economic Debate
A Bloomberg Opinion column argues the US economic divide now pits centrists against populists, reshaping views on growth, regulation, and power. It highlights abundance liberals versus zero sum critics, party splits, and the need to engage populist ideas while pursuing policy reforms.
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Friedrich Hayek
John Maynard Keynes
Ezra Klein
Democratic Party
Klein
Donald Trump
Republican Party
Yale Law
America
Zahran Mamdani
New York
Letters to the Editor Guidelines from The Chronicle-Telegram
The Chronicle Telegram outlines letters to the editor rules with word limit and submission options by mail, fax or email. It notes edits for brevity accuracy taste and requires signature full address and phone number for verification.
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What it means to be American in the countdown era
Cal Thomas reflects on American identity amid a 365 day countdown to the nation’s 250th anniversary. He traces origins from Vespucci to Waldseemüller, cites Sinatra and Reagan, and urges discussion of liberty responsibility and renewal while upholding E pluribus unum. Readers are invited to share thoughts via tribpub email.
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America
Lee Greenwood
Amerigo Vespucci
New World
Asia
Martin Waldseemuller
Vespucci
Americus
United States
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Janis Joplin
Ronald Reagan
Trump tax bill faces fierce opposition and costs
This column critiques President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill as massive and politically risky. It warns it would widen wealth gaps, raise deficits by trillions, curb Medicaid and Obamacare, and hurt rural health systems while backing energy subsidies. Critics urge caution despite White House promotion.
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Donald Trump
North Carolina
Thom Tillis
GOP
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Trump
Congressional Budget Office
CBO
Missouri
Josh Hawley
Senate
Jonathan Cohn
Nity
Todd Patterson
Washington County
Iowa
Des Moines Register
Senate Finance Committee
White House
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