Opinion Columns
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: For food abundance, think bigger than another farm billNov 15, 2022 12:00 am - Turkey prices are soaring this Thanksgiving, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. With food prices helping to drive inflation to a 40-year high, Americans are feeling...
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Facts Matter: Trump posts false voting claim on Election DayNov 12, 2022 12:00 am - The midterm elections brought out a flurry of false information, and some came from former President Donald Trump. "The Absentee Ballot situation in Detroit is REALLY BA...
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Guest Columnist Arthur I. Cyr: Australia: Vital U.S. ally reconfirms commitmentNov 11, 2022 12:00 am - With little media notice, the United States plans to deploy up to six B-52 strategic bombers to Northern Australia. This imposing, and enormously capable, long-range str...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: A talk with Bill Barr about RUSSIAGATE, the FBI and accountabilityNov 11, 2022 12:00 am - Former Attorney General Bill Barr does not mince words about FBI misconduct in its pursuit of candidate, and then president, Donald Trump. "I think the behavior of the l...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Incoming Republicans: Don't fight dems, fight inflationNov 10, 2022 12:00 am - Republicans want to take over Congress and on Tuesday they appear likely to have gotten their wish. Assuming they actually do end up winning both the House and Senate, t...
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Super Bowl. Chistmas Day. Election Night.Nov 10, 2022 12:00 am - Election Night has often been described as the newspaper's Super Bowl. It's not a perfect analogy because everyone seems to care about reading, watching and analyzing th...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Early voting: not goodNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - Some 640,000 Pennsylvanians voted ahead of the Oct. 25 debate between Democratic hopeful John Fetterman and Republican Mehmet Oz, who are running for an open U.S. Senate...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Not with a 10-foot pollNov 08, 2022 12:00 am - Don't read any more polls, not even if the midterms are here. Well, actually, you don't "read" polls. You "look at" polls. They're just numbers, although you can read a ...
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Guests Shannon Finn Connell and Frank Larkin: Invisible wounds plague too many veterans. We can all help.Nov 06, 2022 12:00 am - With Veterans Day approaching, many troops and veterans based in Illinois, home to roughly 500,000 men and women who served the nation, will again be confronted with a h...
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Facts Matter: False reports flow following Paul Pelosi attackNov 05, 2022 1:00 am - Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked brutally last week by a man armed with a hammer who broke into the couple's San Francisco home. Nancy Pe...