Opinion

Remember the saying, “Your right to swing your fist ends at the tip of my nose?” Well for crying out loud, that came to mind when I saw an article in the Guardian, and Yahoo, and NBC and CNN. Google it: Unvaccinated teacher infected half her students with COVID, CDC finds.

Our schools unite us. They are the bedrock of our communities and are where our children grow as individuals. They are a place where kids of all backgrounds are accepted. There is no doubt that our students learn best and our educators are most effective when they are both physically inside a school.

Standing at the opposite end of life's bridge, I can look back and find a sympathetic bond with the parents who are sending little ones off to school for the first time. I, too, am sending a dear one off to be cared for by strangers, hoping that they will be kind and gentle with him.

Did you know, in at least one way, Sen. Howard Marklein is further right, and considerably less forthright than Donald Trump?

Almost 20 years have passed since September 11th, 2001. And now the man's empire of the Taliban strikes back where malice can once again be felt in Afghanistan and spread throughout the world.