Opinion Line (Aug. 21)

It is painful to watch Hillary Clinton interact with people and pretend she enjoys it. Bill drew energy from a crowd. She knows no such art.

It makes sense how Hillary’s private server was wiped clean. It was kept in a bathroom.

Women, you have a majority vote. Please register and stop the Republican agenda, or your taxes will go toward war, the rich, education for the elite and a big fence along the Mexican border.

At the first GOP debate, one candidate suggested that God is a 10 percent flat taxer. Let’s not deliberately confuse the minimum standard of giving as prescribed in Scripture with the U.S. tax code, please. To do so misunderstands both concepts.

If the U.S. Supreme Court can redefine marriage, it can certainly redefine whether border jumpers have birthright privileges.

Donald Trump and conservatives keep lying about “anchor babies.” If a baby is born here to undocumented immigrants, ICE can just throw the baby into foster care and deport the parents. Either Trump doesn’t know the facts or lies about it intentionally.

Think about the potency of a Trump-Brownback ticket. The nation would never again have to deal with uncertainty, as the knowledge possessed by these two cannot be surpassed. As far as I am concerned this would be a dream ticket for the Republican Party in 2016.

Three donors can subtract $364,700 from their corporate tax bills for donating money to the Catholic Education Foundation for scholarships. How do we make up that tax loss? We raise the sales tax. Thank you, governor, for mandating that we subsidize private education with our tax money.

I agree that we don’t want sales taxes on food. But how do we bankroll the tax breaks for the wealthy and businesses? We need to shrink our state budget to the level that we save money each year. Balance our budget now. A broke state is not attracting business.

Wow. So the WSU Foundation takes in millions of extra dollars and can’t even find $100,000 to help WSU run the Lake Afton Public Observatory another year. Nice.

We nearly always have a couple of really cool days in August. I am 81 years old and it has been this way since I can remember. Why is everyone always so surprised?

Why can’t people park their cars in their driveways or, better yet, their garages? Get that crap out so you have room. It looks tacky to park in the street. Some have to, but those who don’t should move them out. Show some class.

This story was originally published August 20, 2015 at 7:03 PM with the headline "Opinion Line (Aug. 21)."