Opinion Columns
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Columnist Lee Hamilton: What the elections tell usDec 30, 2022 12:00 am - There's great uncertainty on Capitol Hill these days, as ambitious politicians maneuver for advantage in the newly reshaped House and the Senate reckons with the afterma...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: The House showed the Senate the way, time after timeDec 30, 2022 12:00 am - The People's House to Senate: hello, we are what American democracy - and demographics - look like. The upper Capitol chamber is more country, while the House is more ci...
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Guest columnist Cristobal Cavazos: Understanding the border crisis through the heart of ChristmasDec 29, 2022 12:00 am - El Paso, Texas: Christmas images of migrant children and their parents huddled together, historic arctic freeze, the certainty of uncertainty and that sick feeling that ...
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Guest columnist Lucy Chang Evans: You're never too old to learn new thingsDec 28, 2022 12:00 am - If you can remember the 1986 movie "Back to School" with Rodney Dangerfield, you might be in my age group. In the movie, Dangerfield plays Thornton Mellon, a rich old ma...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Congress has a fiscal road map; it just needs to use itDec 28, 2022 12:00 am - Dealing with high inflation and an increasingly shaky economy, Americans are forced to make tougher spending choices. With public debt at an all-time high, government sh...
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Guest columnist Amy Florian: As long as there are people working for positive change, we have hopeDec 27, 2022 12:00 am - My work is in the field of grief, and I've seen an overwhelming amount of it recently. Many struggle with the death or serious illness of a loved one. COVID alone caused...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Three big surprises of 2022: weakened russia, weakened china, weakened american economyDec 27, 2022 12:00 am - 2022 was a year full of surprises. Important things didn't work out as many people had expected on just about every point on the political spectrum. The prime example: U...
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Guest columnist Dan Franch: For Ukrainians in Estonia, snowfall offers brightness in a time of darknessDec 26, 2022 12:00 am - The calendar shows that it is officially winter and it has been a real wonderland here in Estonia. More than 16 inches of snow has fallen. The streets are white. The sid...
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Elwood Watson: The right's reaction to Brittney Griner's release is tellingDec 23, 2022 12:00 am - It sure didn't take long for right-wing media figures to criticize the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner. Griner was released on Dec. 8 by the Russian government as p...
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Elwood Watson: The right's reaction to Brittney Griner's release is tellingDec 23, 2022 12:00 am - It sure didn't take long for right-wing media figures to criticize the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner. Griner was released on Dec. 8 by the Russian government as p...