Opinion Columns
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'I'm not Trump': We could have gotten more from Joe BidenJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - The only way to write about national politics is to write about local politics first. You won't see anything on the national stage you haven't already seen in some town ...
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Plague-year immigrants headed to Trump countryJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - I want to add a few notes to my column last week on the Census Bureau's July 2021 state population estimates and what stories they tell about growth and decline in the f...
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The new mantra of our era: Be wellJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - For too much of my life, New Year's resolutions were all about diets. One year, after I had half-tamed the monster, I managed to monetize my obsession by writing and, mo...
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The 21st century a flop so farJan 02, 2022 12:00 am - A child in the '60s, when the world was turning fast, I loved the upbeat '90s' carbonated peace and prosperity. But the 2020s are a bitter brew of COVID-19 and poison po...
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Meltdowns on a planeDec 31, 2021 12:00 am - Even if you haven't seen this particular video posted by ATL Uncensored, you've seen many like it - a plane, an argument, a viral cellphone video of yet another in-fligh...
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A doctor's plea: We need your help to reach a Hollywood ending to pandemicDec 31, 2021 12:00 am - Zombie movies are predictable. A virus infects people, people eat other people, some characters die, relief is found and all is well. Our current predicament felt simila...
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Foster kindness, identify solutions and spread joy in 2022Dec 30, 2021 12:00 am - By Bonnie Jean Feldkamp On New Year's Eve, when I was a kid, at the stroke of midnight we would run outside and bang pots and pans with a wooden spoon to ring in the ne...
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Three books for liberty-loving readers in 2022Dec 30, 2021 12:00 am - This time of year, dear readers, is when we writers curate lists. Some are about the best movies, top kitchen appliances or favorite new songs of 2021. This year, I'd li...
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A (statistical) journal of the plague yearDec 29, 2021 12:00 am - As a Christmas present to statistics lovers, the Census Bureau has released its estimates of the population of the nation and the 50 states as of July 1, 2021. The Burea...
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Hello, no one can help youDec 29, 2021 12:00 am - "A supervisor will just write down your complaint and send a message. I just sent a message. There's no one you can talk to. There's no one anyone can talk to. The super...