Many of those fleeing Central American countries claim to feel threatened by gangs and crime. Costa Rica has had a lower crime rate than others in the region, but that may be about to change.
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Froma Harrop: Change is coming to health care. Vote wisely
It’s a solid bet that our health care future won’t look quite like the present. Whether the outcome would be good or bad for the average working stiff will depend a great deal on who is president after the 2020 election. If Donald Trump is reelected, we know where health coverage for millions of Americans […]
Robert Samuelson: What really caused the financial crisis?
Samuelson offers his opinion on what caused the financial crisis a decade ago.
Rich Lowry: Yes, investigate the investigators
Lowry backs an investigation of FBI officials who took part in the “Russian connection” probe.
In praise of dead armadillos
“There’s nothing in the middle of the road but a yellow stripe and dead armadillos.” Even if you’re not aware of the pith of Jim Hightower, you’ll recognize that the above quote didn’t come from around here. I’ll bet that most readers of the Sun Journal have not seen an armadillo, dead or alive, in […]
Cal Thomas: It’s about time
Thomas applauds the Trump Administration for declaring Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization.
Sen. Jeff Timberlake: Maine is no longer ‘Open for Business’
Timberlake writes that the liberals in the Maine Legislature have an agenda that will hurt businesses in Maine.
Mindy Woerter: We deserve to be treated like we matter
Woerter recounts her experience with health care insurance and offers support for LD 820.
Fareed Zakaria: Who understands our times, Bernie or the Donald?
Zakaria points out that populist nationalism is running strong in countries around the world.
Marc Thiessen: Yes, America needs walls, but the country is not ‘full’
Thiessen writes that America needs more immigrants, not fewer; and that the country is hardly “full.”