Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

My beloved Arizona Wildcats (16-4) have risen to 11th in the ranking. Bear down, boys!

Well, I suppose the Trump-ets have reason to blare since the economy is doing well. Of course they seem to believe that such a complex system turns on a dime and real growth only occurred once President Barack Obama left office.

They refuse to give him any credit. They refuse to acknowledge that unemployment dropped from a high of 10 percent in October 2009 to 4.8 percent when he left office. They refuse to acknowledge that the Dow Jones industrial average was 7,949 when he was inaugurated and almost 20,000 when he departed.

I suppose I could give credit to the Trumpers for the past year of economic growth if only they will take credit once unemployment starts increasing, the stock market has a correction or, even worse, a recession occurs. But then those statistics would be useless as that would not comport to their version of reality.

And like a good corporate citizen, President Donald Trump sucks the vortex of good news and is first to point the finger when things go wrong.

MARTY JOYCE

Whitehall

Democrats have shut down our government in the interests of their far left base. They don’t want to do it but are powerless!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 22, 2018

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Here is George Neumayr's latest column.

Here are highlights from Stage 6 of the Tour Down Under. Congratulations to South African cyclist Daryl Impey, the overall winner.

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Zebra (1983). This song was composed by the band's guitarist and vocalist Randy Jackson, who hails from New Orleans.

This afternoon, at a Shell station in Arlington, Texas, I paid $2.259 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. With my Kroger card, it came to $2.159. What're y'all payin' in your neck o' the woods?

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood for justice, brotherhood, love, helping those in need, inclusion, no hate and so many great humanitarian characteristics. Past presidents have acknowledged the King holiday with public speeches and ceremonies. So how does President Donald Trump acknowledge the day? He played golf.

Trump pleased his base but he made America look like a country that is devoid of common decency.

Dick Reeves • Kirkwood

Note from KBJ: For all Dick Reeves knows, Dr King would support Donald Trump if he (King) were alive today.