Opinion Columns
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On Hispanic Heritage Month and the ironies of La VidaSep 18, 2022 1:00 am - "I want to learn Spanish, move to Spain and marry a Spanish woman," said Brian, a man in his mid-30s, in a thick, Southside Irish accent. I, as a broke grad student wit...
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Facts Matter: Queen's death brings out conspiracy theoriesSep 17, 2022 1:00 am - Elizabeth II, queen of the United Kingdom, died Sept. 8 after nearly seven decades on the throne. After her death, conspiracy theories about the monarch went viral on so...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Stop the twitterverse, I want to get offSep 16, 2022 1:00 am - Everyone hates Twitter. Twitter users hate Twitter. I hate Twitter, and I've posted nearly 65,000 tweets and retweets. Republicans and Democrats hate Twitter - which tel...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: The Democrats' filibuster schemeSep 16, 2022 1:00 am - By Byron York Vice President Kamala Harris appeared in a pretaped interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" last weekend. As is often the case with her interviews, Harris said...
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Guest Columnist Arthur I. Cyr: Queen Elizabeth's life is part of a larger storySep 15, 2022 1:00 am - The death of Queen Elizabeth II, preceded by husband Prince Philip last year, is generating worldwide condolences. They personified continuity of important institutions,...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Harriet Tubman here to stay at the CIASep 15, 2022 1:00 am - A woman's bronze statue was just unveiled at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Virginia. The heroine's name: Harriet Tubman, a spy for the United States wh...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Championing opportunity is a winning strategy for DemocratsSep 14, 2022 1:00 am - Today's political parties lack ideas. The Republicans define themselves as opponents of Democrats. Yet many of the GOP economic policy positions resemble, with minor var...
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Syndicated columnist Bonnie Jean Feldkamp: Why music will always be my hype manSep 14, 2022 1:00 am - The other day, while listening to '90s radio on Pandora, I was transported back to a high school assembly, one meant to deliver doses of optimism and confidence to teens...
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The people's queenSep 13, 2022 1:00 am - It feels strange, as an American, to admire a queen, but there is nothing strange about admiring Queen Elizabeth II. It is precisely because of how human she has been, h...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Political careers are ending in failure because of outdated 'expert' theoriesSep 13, 2022 1:00 am - "All political lives, unless they are cut off at midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs." So said the...