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Before every election politicians of both parties can be heard proclaiming that “this will be the most important election of your lifetime.” This is rarely true although it’s always the most important of the politician’s lifetime whose future prospects turn on the outcome. This time, though, they may well be right.

Hollywood is atwitter at the very thought that Oprah Winfrey might be willing to carry the progressive banner into the 2020 presidential race. Her speech on Sunday at the Golden Globe affair was taken by many as an indication that she might be convinced to throw herself and her considerable fortune into the crusade to rid the nation of Donald Trump. The only person seemingly more excited than actress Meryl Streep at the prospect is The Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol.

David Keene, opinion editor, The Washington Times
 
 
The U.S. Supreme Court has determined the Second Amendment to the Constitution protects and guarantees our individual right to "keep and bear arms." And yet politicians at the national, state, and local levels continue to erect excessively high hurdles for the law-abiding citizens who want to own guns.
 

JEFFERSON — The most important thing in the fight to preserve the Second Amendment is to pass on the rights and values to the next generation, David A. Keene told Fort Atkinson Wisconservation Club members Monday evening.
Keene, a Fort Atkinson native and former president and current board member of the National Rifle Association (NRA), emphasized the importance of ongoing efforts by local groups such as the Wisconservation Club to preserve Americans’ right to bear arms.