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Guest Commentary: We are our own worst enemy
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Guest Commentary: We are our own worst enemy

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With the shootings and the times we live in today, I am reminded of a column written by Sidney J. Harris for America’s 1976 bicentennial titled, “Our Real Failure.”

Harris, an American journalist and syndicated columnist, wrote, “In all the scathing criticisms that the Communists make against capitalist society  they never put their finger on the one just accusation that can be leveled against us. The big failure of capitalist society is social, cultural and educational.

Letters to the editor

Letter to the Editor: Fragile democracy

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To the editor: Our democracy is more fragile than we like to believe. The building blocks of the Constitution, Bill of Rights and related political Institutions rely of a deeper foundation - our respect and affection for one another. The tribalism infecting our attitudes towards one another is corrosive to the values and feelings that bind us together.