Opinion

THE POSTSCRIPT, Carrie Classon

My space is smaller than usual these days.

When my husband, Peter, and I bought a condo and moved to the city, Peter said we needed a little more room.

“I want two bathrooms!” Peter said. I’d never had two bathrooms in my home as an adult, but I was certainly fine with the idea in principle. Peter wanted a study where, in the mornings, he could do what he calls his “brooding.” This is when Peter comes up with his finest ideas, I believe, although I can’t confirm this because it is also the time of day when he prefers to be left alone to drink his coffee.

L&T Publisher Earl Watt

A famous line by Jack Nicholson as the Joker in the 1989 “Batman” movie is “Who you gonna trust?”

Ironically, the Joker goes on to say, “Me, I’m giving away free money.”

You would almost believe this line comes straight from Washington, D.C., or Topeka. As long as the “free” money is coming we should trust them, or so they would have us believe.

GUEST COLUMN, Larry Bucshon

The White House just announced a sweeping plan that could ultimately cap U.S. drug prices at the lower levels seen in other developed countries.

Administration officials have good intentions. They’re trying to shake up the plainly unacceptable status quo, in which American “citizens pay massively higher prices than other nations pay for the same exact pill, from the same factory, effectively subsidizing socialism abroad,” as President Trump put it.

GUEST COLUMN, Madeline Faber, Center for Rural Affairs

Federal grants often serve as the backbone of rural library services. Without their local library, many communities would lose access to basic resources. However, recent federal actions have placed critical funding for public libraries and museums in jeopardy.

Following an executive order from President Trump, the future of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has been uncertain. Staff were placed on administrative leave, and grant processing came to a halt.