Opinion Columns
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Donald Trump's political death wishDec 07, 2022 12:00 am - What is former President Donald Trump thinking? On Saturday, he posted this statement on his social media network, Truth Social: "So, with the revelation of MASSIVE & WI...
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A Christian call to stand up against growing antisemitismDec 06, 2022 10:00 pm - Last week a Jewish high school senior who does interfaith work locally with other teens told me that his suburban Jewish high school recently was evacuated after being t...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: In a winter of discontent, Americans vote for the status quoDec 06, 2022 12:00 am - Are we living in an era of political contentment? Most Americans would answer that question with a bellowing "No!" But there's a case to be made that American voters, fo...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Paralysis as policy: Doing nothing about gun violenceDec 06, 2022 12:00 am - A new report out this week has found the gun death rate to be the highest in 40 years. No one is exempt. More men are dying than women - by 86% to 14% - but deaths among...
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Guest columnist Keith Peterson: The scope of the longterm challenge China posesDec 04, 2022 12:00 am - As surging COVID cases in China were matched by growing protests against the government's "zero COVID" policy last week, U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns took tim...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Will this year's lame-duck session bring back a bad idea?Dec 04, 2022 12:00 am - Democrats have lost the House of Representatives and, along with it, the chance to pass more of their preferred policies in 2023. This makes the "lame duck" period befor...
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Facts Matter: Soccer players didn't die from vaccineDec 03, 2022 12:00 am - Before the beginning of the FIFA World Cup, a post appeared to link the deaths of soccer players and coaches to the COVID-19 vaccine. The Instagram post, which first app...
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Guest columnist Ralph Martire: State's school-funding success shows value of bi-partisanshipDec 02, 2022 12:00 am - Designing sound public policies to address fundamental societal needs has always been, at best, difficult. Much of this difficulty traditionally stems from three causes....
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: A dearth - or death - of charm in the CapitolDec 02, 2022 12:00 am - By Jamie Stiehm I wished the Oklahoma Republican senator well in retirement and reminded him of a trip we took years ago when he was a freshman senator, and I was a roo...
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Good news may not sell, but we can't do without itDec 01, 2022 12:00 am - A line in a note from a reader about my column last week focusing on good news stories has stuck with me. Fred Dryden, of Huntley, began his email with a reflection on t...