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NFL talking heads pile on disrespect for those who serve

It just won’t go away. NFL football and the disrespect of players and now announcers is in the news again.

10/22/2020 Our Opinion 0 comments

How JFK’s visit 60 years ago was different from today

On Sunday, the Eagle ran a story on a historic moment in Butler — when, 60 years ago, presidential candidate John F.

10/21/2020 Our Opinion 0 comments

2 local men making sure we never forget Andrew Williams

Two local men deserve praise for making sure that another man from the area — albeit one who was born 180 years ago — gets his overdue recognition.

10/20/2020 Our Opinion 0 comments

Butler County politics ‘stuck in the mud’

When it comes to politics, Butler County is “stuck in the mud” of provincialism, proven by the fact that 80% of Butler Countians voted for Donald Trump in 2016.

10/16/2020 Letters to the Editor 0 comments

Election stories important

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10/16/2020 Letters to the Editor 0 comments

Why I am still a Democrat

In response to the Republican Party advertisement — “Why are you still a Democrat?”

10/16/2020 Letters to the Editor 0 comments

Butler area churches continue kindness

“ ... Any good thing therefore I can do, or any kindness I can show to any human being Let me do it now, Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” —Stephen Grellet

10/16/2020 Letters to the Editor 0 comments

Do not bail out airlines

The urge to rescue the airlines flows from good intentions, but another bailout is not a smart way to help the economy and it will reward CEOs for serial mismanagement and self-enrichment.

10/22/2020 Other Voices 0 comments

Imagine a future nearly free of COVID

For a moment’s respite from pandemic news that can seem unrelentingly bad, cast your mind into the future — say, to November 2021. A world in suspended animation has awakened at last. The pandemic has subsided. New cases of COVID-19 are a rarity.

10/22/2020 Other Voices 0 comments

No election night win

The reporting done on election night 2018 offers a cautionary tale for the news media as we approach Nov. 3.

10/22/2020 Other Voices 0 comments

Can’t we finish census without partisanship?

Our nation’s Founding Fathers instituted the national census as a count of all people, an enumeration that is the basis of federal funding, the distribution of political representation among the states and even private sector decisions, such as whether to open a store in a community.