Opinion Columns
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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...
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Guest Columnist Arthur I. Cyr: A blocked Florida law and attempts to dictate expressionDec 01, 2022 12:00 am - Florida Republicans, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, have just won big in the election but also suffered a major loss in court. Citing "1984," George Orwell's classic novel...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Keep the statute of limitations - for women's sakeDec 01, 2022 12:00 am - Forget the statute of limitations in New York. On Thanksgiving, the Empire State's Adult Survivors Act became law - which gives adults who were sexually assaulted outsid...
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The Constitution: Article II - The Executive Branch, the presidencyNov 30, 2022 5:00 am - This is the sixth in a series of short essays about the U.S. Constitution and the first of two about Article II - the Executive Branch. This offering discusses the offic...