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Opinion

Almanac for Dec. 2, 2025

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Today is Tuesday, Dec. 2, the 336th day of 2025. There are 29 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1982, in the first operation of its kind, doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center implanted a permanent artificial heart in the chest of Barney Clark, a retired dentist who ...

Find a worthy cause for Giving Tuesday

Editorial

We’ve had Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and, today, Cyber Monday, all aimed at encouraging holiday spending. Now comes a different day making a pitch to part you from your money. But this gift is not for family, or even yourself. In fact, you might never know exactly who benefited ...

Thanksgiving and the Constitution

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"Government requires make-believe. Make believe that the king is divine, make believe that he can do no wrong or make believe that the voice of the people is the voice of God. Make believe that the people have a voice or make believe that the representatives of the people are the people. Make ...

Lawmakers call for reviews of US military strikes on boats

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, citing a published report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal ...

Almanac for Dec. 1, 2025

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Today is Monday, Dec. 1, the 335th day of 2025. There are 30 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1955, Rosa Parks, a Black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. The incident sparked a yearlong boycott ...