Articles filed under Commentary
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America, France, and the free marketDec 06, 2023 6:55 am - It's fashionable to claim that the free-market ideas of Nobel-laureate economist Milton Friedman have failed the country, and that it's time for new policies. Campaignin...
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A big thanks to America's women votersDec 06, 2023 6:55 am - I admit I am not thankful for the climate change deniers, assault weapons supporters and election rejecters so prevalent on the American political scene. What I am thank...
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Kissinger was a foreign-policy realist toward global affairsDec 01, 2023 7:06 am - A few years ago, I attended a lecture where historian Niall Ferguson explained how Henry Kissinger approached him at a cocktail reception to ask if Ferguson would be int...
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The Truman show: another uncool president makes his markDec 06, 2023 6:55 am - On Dec. 26, 1972, hours after Harry Truman's death, Senator-elect Joseph Biden sent Truman's widow a condolence telegram. The 33rd American president, Biden wrote, had p...
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Churches teaching Black history have a unique opportunityDec 06, 2023 6:55 am - At the end of October, NPR reposted a story that featured an interview with Sharon Riley, the pastor of Orlando, Florida's Agape Perfecting Praise and Worship Center. In...
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The Netanyahu of it allNov 29, 2023 2:55 pm - What do Jews talk about when we talk about the war between Israel and Hamas? Obviously many things, including the outing of all the anti-Semites out there and what's hap...
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Fare hikes will punish suburban commuters for Metra's errorsNov 29, 2023 2:55 pm - Commuting just got more expensive. The Metra Board of Directors recently approved the $1.1 billion 2024 budget proposal, including the controversial new fare structure. ...
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Will stars align for Haley in bizarre GOP contest?Nov 28, 2023 10:21 am - The political world spends a lot of time discussing former President Donald Trump's lead over the Republican field in national polls - currently at 45.4%, according to t...
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The age-old age issueNov 28, 2023 10:21 am - By Debra J. Saunders Syndicated columnist Having turned 81 on Monday, President Joe Biden is the oldest U.S. president ever. When he was elected in 2016, former Presid...
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Why I joined hundreds of thousands to march for IsraelNov 27, 2023 10:58 am - To those who may ask why I went to Washington with thousands of others to march for Israel for release of the hostages and to stand up against antisemitism, the answers ...