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U.S. Constitution: The law of the land

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation last week that his office says strengthens protections against two things — any implementation of religious laws and terrorism, foreign or home-grown. “To uphold the rule of law, our state must operate under one legal system, the Constitution must ...

Actions have consequences

By School District of Lee County estimates, 3,400 students recently took part in walkouts in protest of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions. The walkouts took place at 13 of the district's high schools — all but two — and at one middle school in south county. School officials ...

We cannot look away

Just 17 days after a 37-year-old mom was shot to death in an encounter with federal agents on the streets of Minneapolis, a registered nurse who treated veterans in the intensive care unit at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System met a similar fate. Renee Good was shot three times by a U.S. ...

Oh, when will they ever learn

The current administration’s decision to wage a boots-on-the-ground “police action” is not the first time an administration, citing preservation and protection of country ideals, has been willing to shoot for long-term gain at the cost of short-term pain to achieve it. This is not the ...

A fitting legacy

The Lee County Board of County Commissioners honored one of their own last week, renaming the Lee County Civic Center the Mike Greenwell Regional Park. It is a fitting legacy. Commissioner Greenwell, who died on Oct. 9 at age 62 after battling thyroid cancer, was more than a hometown boy who ...

How democracy dies

Sept. 10 was a day of grieving for America and Americans. The political assassination of a renowned conservative activist on a university campus in Utah. Another school shooting, this one in Colorado, which left two teens injured — one critically — and the 16-year-old shooter dead of a ...