OPINIONS/EDITORIALS

Don't look now but two weeks from today, the echoes of the Independence Day fireworks will have faded away and we'll be on that important leg of summer that will end abruptly with the Labor Day holiday in early September.
Wow. How did that happen already? Seems like spring just started and suddenly we're on the brink of summer and beginning to think about how to enjoy these few weeks before the restart of school, football season and all that goes with those activities.

We are so much better than this -- and it's time to show that we value children and have compassion for the circumstances they find themselves in through no fault of their own.
Just as importantly, we must demand that Jeff Sessions, the attorney general of these United States, stop lying about what is happening and shoulder some of the responsibility for separating migrant children from their parents.

A few days ago, President Trump ordered the Pentagon to create a Space Force.
The president didn't provide many details on what exactly the Space Force would do or who would command it, but intimated that space is a national security issue and, according to Fox News, said he didn't want "China and Russia and other countries leading us."

Success in all things begins with someone caring about those things. There comes a time in every person's life when they realize if they want something done they must do it. The value of self-reliance becomes revealed as people wait for others to act. Things simply do not get done.
Too often, self-interest is the driving force for those seeking political office. What's in it for me?