Looking for the do-nothing culprits: Put sights on the Senate

by Norm Hoffmann Trump and Mitch McConnell keep repeating the phrase “do nothing Democrats” but it is Senate Republicans who are the do nothing legislators. More than 270 bills passed by the House and sent to the Senate for action have been laid to rest in the Senate’s “legislative graveyard” by “Grim Reaper” Mitch McConnell. …

Consider these facts about the U.S. / Mexico border wall

Published Monday, January 28, 2019 in The MountaineerB\y Norm Hoffmann                   The wall is a lie. Trump’s border wall initially was a lie, it is now a lie, and it will always be a lie. It is a lie that Trump always wanted to build a wall. It is a lie that a wall will …

Home of the Whopper

Published in the Smoky Mountain News on October 25, 2017 Some time ago a cartoon had Trump’s press secretary and Kelly Ann Conway dressed as Burger King employees under a banner “Home of the Whopper” and Conway saying, “Do you want lies with that?” Lies seem to be the staple of the Trump administration. Now …

Tax rate goes up for lowest earners

Published in The Mountaineer on October 27, 2017 A letter writer on Wednesday, October 25 made the claim that the Trump Republican tax plan would benefit those in the lower income brackets without any real proof. Apparently the writer accepted Trump’s claim that someone making $24,000 would pay no taxes. That is a dangerous assumption …

Congressman Meadows’ pro-border wall argument ignores facts; plays to fears

by Dr. Mary Curry Printed in The Mountaineer, August 25, 2017 I can agree with Congressman Mark Meadows (Aug. 21 op-ed) on three points. First, of course the US, like all nations, needs secure borders, and second, of course we want to protect Americans to the extent possible from criminals’ violating our laws. Third, the …