Opinion Columns
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Things you learn when you’re not really tryingApr 04, 2024 12:25 pm - OK. Be honest. Raise your hand if you know the difference between cement and concrete. You do if you read Jenny Whidden’s front-page story on Monday in which she describe...
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When a 'difficult conversation' threatens free speechApr 04, 2024 4:00 am - Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland is perhaps the leading Trump inquisitor in the House of Representatives. He led one impeachment, played a key role in another and...
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Today's leaders are not living up to constitutional normsApr 04, 2024 3:30 am - How are America's leaders measuring up against the standards set by the Constitution and the examples of the Founding Fathers? It's a question I've been asking as I seek ...
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Mourning Joe: Losing Lieberman, we lose a principled independentApr 03, 2024 4:00 am - In the summer of 1997, the Republican-controlled Senate Governmental Affairs Committee was investigating whether the Clinton-Gore White House and the Democratic National ...
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Americans can tell the difference between rosy economic data and realityApr 03, 2024 4:00 am - The economy is growing, unemployment is low, wages are up and inflation is down. However, the American people remain grumpy about the state of the economy. This puzzle wa...
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The Supreme Court, Justice Breyer and partisan politicsApr 02, 2024 6:45 am - It might just be a coincidence that former Justice Stephen Breyer's new book had its official publication date on the same day the court heard argument on the biggest abo...
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Who put Marjorie Taylor Greene in charge?Apr 02, 2024 4:00 am - When Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on the Capitol steps that she would file a motion to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, a throng of Hill reporters leaned in. MTG...
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Having Alzheimer’s is hard enough; stigma and bureaucracy make it harderApr 01, 2024 4:00 am - We come before you today as mother and daughter, Terrie and Shon, Alzheimer's patient and caregiver. When I, Terrie, was first diagnosed with Alzheimer's nine years ago, ...
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Make foreign polluters payMar 30, 2024 1:13 pm - Motorists driving along the lakefront in Chicago this winter saw firsthand the effects of climate change: record-low Lake Michigan ice cover. The average ice cover among ...
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The things I used to do, Lord, I won’t do no moreMar 30, 2024 12:50 pm - My father spent the last 13 years of his work life at a sporting goods company, where he was an assistant department head. When he retired, 34 years ago, he had full and ...