Opinion Columns
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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 ...
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Guest columnist Cristóbal Cavazos: Let's do more to nurture, sustain our Indigenous rootsOct 11, 2022 1:00 am - Let the tree of America reflect all of the world, but the trunk must be Indigenous, to paraphrase the great Cuban author, philosopher and independence fighter José Martí...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: It's a hinge year in history - for Russia and ChinaOct 09, 2022 1:00 am - Will 2022 turn out be a hinge year, as a moment when long-standing trends in geopolitics suddenly shifted in a different direction? This week, two important writers, one...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Are deficits actually going down?Oct 09, 2022 1:00 am - By Veronique de Rugy The president is annoyed. A week ago, during a speech to the Congressional Black Caucus, he complained that "I'm so sick of Republicans saying we'r...