When the Editorial Board of The Arizona Republic keeps publishing editorials by Rich Lowry, you worry about the level of discussion that goes on beforehand. I thought we were a country where the laws of the land were our refuge, the will of the majority, an expression of freedom. Lowry, however, suggests that Trudeau should "give in" to the truckers. Perhaps he doesn't realise that this is called blackmail. I.e. we, the truckers, blockade the economic lifelines of the the country, hold everyone to ransom and you must capitulate! If you are underpaid and exploited I understand the need but vaccination? Isn't blackmail what President Putin is doing in Ukraine? "You obey or with my big army, I will grind you puny Ukranians into dust." Personally I have nothing but contempt for people who refuse to get vaccinated. Vaccination is to keep everybody safe. Vaccination means we care about each other. I also want to see everyone educated, prosperous, and happy. This helps civilisation. Blue states changed the mandates because infection and death rates changed. In a pandemic you have to react to the virus. Oh... That's too logical for Lowry. He has to make political capital to pay his bills.