Opinion Columns
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Stanford Law School is doomedMar 16, 2023 1:00 am - Watch the video that went viral of a March 9 exchange between a Stanford administrator and conservative federal judge who had been invited to speak before the Stanford F...
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Global stability, democratic values at stake in UkraineMar 16, 2023 1:00 am - In recent days, the two leading contenders for the Republican nomination for president - Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis - have weighed in on the war in Ukraine. DeSantis,...
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Why your vote matters more than ever for schools, librariesMar 12, 2023 1:00 am - Misinformation and disinformation are making it almost impossible for parents and community members to form common-sense opinions in battles over school curriculum. Cla...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Soft on crime, harsh on pronounsMar 12, 2023 1:00 am - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon suspended a deputy district attorney without pay for five days last month because prosecutor Shea Sanna was guilty of ...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Anatomy of the Chicago mayor's electionMar 10, 2023 12:00 am - Big city elections provide clues about trends in national politics, the composition and attitudes of Democratic constituency groups, and voters' responses to emerging ma...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Welcome to the age of political capitalismMar 10, 2023 12:00 am - Welcome to our regime of political capitalism, where merit matters but political connections matter even more. In an unalloyed capitalist system, money flows to those wh...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Suffrage march tied to our timesMar 09, 2023 12:00 am - By Jamie Stiehm "Votes for Women!" was a showdown between Alice Paul, 28, versus Woodrow Wilson, 56, which opened with a colorful Washington parade on March 3, 1913, wi...
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Guest columnists Brian Urbaszewski and Susan Mudd: Electric school buses are healthiest choice for kids' lungs, our communities and the planetMar 09, 2023 12:00 am - In a Feb. 6 Daily Herald Letter to the Editor, Tucker Perkins, president of the industry lobby group Propane Education & Research Council, called for a planet-friendly a...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Income inequality loves student loan forgivenessMar 08, 2023 12:00 am - I'm old enough to remember when college-loan recipients expected to repay their loan balance. The whole thing. That was before President Joe Biden decided he unilaterall...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: The Peter (Buttigieg) PrincipleMar 08, 2023 12:00 am - In the 1960s, there was a professor and business analyst named Lawrence J. Peter. He became famous for coming up with something called the Peter Principle. The informal ...