Opinion Columns
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Are you down on the American economic system? Think about cooperation.Oct 21, 2022 1:00 am - I was recently reminded of a profound truth about the free market and the prices that sit at its center. Unfortunately, this truth is often overlooked by both critics of...
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Syndicated column: If you value journalism, support itOct 19, 2022 1:00 am - Gannett, publisher of USA Today and more than 200 newspapers including the one I work for, just announced more cost-cutting measures. I get that it's a simple business ...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders says that without mental health and jobs programs, the Housing First programs fails homeless people.Oct 19, 2022 1:00 am - A not small percentage of homeless adults first experienced homelessness as children. The figure is 20% for homeless adults in Los Angeles, 18% for Seattle and Santa Cru...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: The Democratic Party's risk aversion is harming us allOct 18, 2022 1:00 am - Humans differ in how much risk they will accept. Thus, as an analyst I quoted in a recent column concluded, Russian President Vladimir Putin "was too risk-acceptant" in ...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Why are you so good to me?Oct 16, 2022 1:00 am - About 20 years ago, after dark on a chilly October weeknight, I went a local discount store to buy a tie. They have cheap ties. When you walked into the store, you came ...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Divided government is good. In 2023, bipartisanship would be better.Oct 16, 2022 1:00 am - The upcoming midterm election has got me thinking about divided government. In normal times, the prospect of newly shared power in Washington might have me looking forwa...
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Facts Matter: Musk didn't restore Trump's suspended Twitter accountOct 15, 2022 1:00 am - Elon Musk's on-and-off deal to purchase Twitter actually could be finalized as the billionaire and SpaceX founder has expressed renewed interest in making it happen at a...
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Guest Nneka Jones Tapia: Holistic safety strategies will improve jail conditions - for everybodyOct 13, 2022 1:00 am - Every day, millions of incarcerated people are fighting to survive the trauma that occurs in America's jails and prisons. However, they aren't the only ones affected by ...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: The election deniersOct 12, 2022 1:00 am - In an important survey, The Washington Post found that a majority of Republican nominees on the ballot for Senate, House and key statewide offices deny the results of th...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Republicans and bias in midterm pollsOct 12, 2022 1:00 am - Republicans always believe the polls are slanted against them. That belief has sometimes caused them to misread big political races. In 2012, for example, a significant ...