Opinion Columns
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Biden, the Senate and the border fiascoFeb 08, 2024 10:01 am - Joe Biden is supposed to know something about legislating. After all, he spent 36 years in the U.S. Senate. He must have learned something in those decades. And yet Biden...
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Secretary of State Makes Time for AfricaFeb 08, 2024 9:43 am - While Secretary of State Antony Blinken is getting attention this week for his trip to the Middle East to seek diplomatic solutions to the Israel-Gaza war, he also has be...
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Yesterday: When the masses and the mass media intersectFeb 08, 2024 2:00 am - Funny thing. No one asked Paul, John, George or Ringo whether to vote for Barry Goldwater or Lyndon Johnson in 1964. The assassination of President John F. Kennedy was l...
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Systemic lying corrodes once-great institutionsFeb 06, 2024 2:40 pm - The last six or seven months have been a couple of tough seasons for public policies based on lies. Two examples come to mind. One is the Disinformation industry, which h...
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Could RFK's border spotlight spare America from 2020 retreads?Feb 06, 2024 2:36 pm - There's a video that shows Robert F. Kennedy Jr., presidential candidate, walking in what looks like the California hills with his dog. The Democrat-turned-independent se...
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Baked Squad: Hard-Left Democrats May Be in for a ThinningFeb 05, 2024 2:46 pm - In the Greek fable of Icarus and Daedalus, the former ignores his father's warnings about hubris and, in particular, flying too close to the sun. The rest, as they say, i...
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The Power of WomenFeb 05, 2024 2:46 pm - The gender gap is growing. According to the latest Quinnipiac University poll, President Joe Biden has opened a six-point lead over Donald Trump — powered by the votes of...
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Village is surrendering too much of its historical charm to teardown trendFeb 02, 2024 5:48 pm - After her loyal friends and neighbors convinced village officials to deny a developer’s request for a demolition permit, the gracious red brick Italianate house in the he...
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Why keep worrying about debt? Speculation vs. realityFeb 02, 2024 4:21 pm - Over the years, I've offered many explanations about why the trajectory of the national debt is deeply troubling. At this point, though, my worry isn't rooted in a dogmat...
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Senate GOP sees antisemitism; Senate Dems see diversityFeb 02, 2024 4:16 pm - “Biden nominates union lawyer, Muslim American to U.S. appeals courts,” read the Reuters headline in November when President Joe Biden tapped Nicole Berner and Adeel Mang...