Opinion Columns
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Trump, NATO and the mediaFeb 15, 2024 11:06 am - There's an odd dynamic that plays out when former President Donald Trump gives a campaign speech. Many news organizations have imposed a virtual blackout on his appearanc...
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Toward a demotic Republican PartyFeb 15, 2024 10:52 am - What happens when a political party becomes demotic? Before answering the question, note that the word in question is not demonic, from the Greek word daimon, meaning a d...
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The President's Tightrope: Biden Steers Between the Necessary and the PopularFeb 14, 2024 11:17 am - Civil War lore has it that after Gen. Ulysses S. Grant turned the Union's lackluster war performance around, his critics complained to President Abraham Lincoln about Gra...
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Joe Biden, Secret AgentFeb 14, 2024 11:08 am - To me, the greatest secret agent in the world of fiction is not the glamorous James Bond, but the low-key George Smiley. He's the portly, elderly, unassuming spymaster in...
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A false and unfair confusionFeb 12, 2024 12:36 pm - One of them confused Nikki Haley with Nancy Pelosi — both are, after all, women, whose first initial begins with an “N.” One of them confused the president of Mexico with...
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On this there’s no argument: Politics killed a sound immigration dealFeb 10, 2024 3:17 pm - One could argue, as the Wall Street Journal editorial page did, that the Senate border security bill, so painfully negotiated, was the “most conservative” such bill in de...
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Protection board is putting our banking arrangements at riskFeb 10, 2024 3:05 pm - Nobody likes paying fees. A fee, however, is a transparent way to reflect the price of something. And in a market economy, prices convey vital information that consumers ...
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The disputes over 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' at the Super BowlFeb 10, 2024 2:40 pm - Controversy has arisen again regarding the upcoming performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” that is scheduled for Super Bowl 58. During last year's game, “Lift Every V...
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Citizen TrumpFeb 09, 2024 10:04 am - On Tuesday, as expected, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected in the strongest possible terms former President Donald T...
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A tiny, tiny victoryFeb 09, 2024 2:45 am - During the entire Vietnam War (1965-75) about 55,000 American soldiers were killed. In just four months, about half that many Palestinian civilians have been killed by th...