Letter: Parallels with Hitler too obvious to ignore

Donald Trump is following Hitler’s playbook to the letter. First, he energized his nationalistic base by demonizing a group of “outsiders,” blaming them for the country’s problems, while declaring opposition political parties enemies of the state.

Kaiser caregivers end strike, return to the bargaining table

Thousands of Kaiser Permanente nurses, pharmacists and health care professionals across Hawaii began to return to work Sunday after a five-day strike, energized by what union leaders called “historic” and new national standards that recognize safe staffing as a patient safety issue rather than an employer choice.

Letter: Shades of McCarthyism in modern political war

The indictments of Letitia James and James Comey echo a chilling moment from the “Army-McCarthy Hearings” in 1954, when U. S. Army counsel Joseph N. Welch told Joseph McCarthy, “Until this moment, senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness.”.