Opinion Columns
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A Thanksgiving reminder of the abundance of good in the newsNov 25, 2021 12:00 am - A common contemporary cliché describes Thanksgiving Dinner as a homespun Rockwellian tableau trembling to mask the promise of political eruptions over events in the news...
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How cultivating your purpose begins with knowing yourselfNov 25, 2021 12:00 am - The first time I ever wrote something with the intent of sharing it beyond the classroom was through 4-H. I grew up in a small town in northern Kentucky, right across th...
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A Thanksgiving reminder of the abundance of good in the newsNov 25, 2021 12:00 am - A common contemporary cliché describes Thanksgiving Dinner as a homespun Rockwellian tableau trembling to mask the promise of political eruptions over events in the news...
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Democratic politicians act as though theirs are the only interests that count in IllinoisNov 24, 2021 12:00 am - A government operating on the principle of by the people, for the people, means we are citizens, not subjects. Government exists by our consent, following due process of...
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Health report shows Washington press corps' different standard for BidenNov 24, 2021 12:00 am - If you have any doubt about whether the White House press corps has a different standard for President Joe Biden than for former President Donald Trump, consider the pre...
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Panels may not end politics in redistricting, but they're better than what we use nowNov 23, 2021 12:00 am - The most famous person from my hometown of Marblehead, Massachusetts, is a former vice president of the United States by the name of Elbridge Gerry. Gerry is, fairly or ...
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Biden stimulus failures could produce 1920s-style Republican victoriesNov 23, 2021 12:00 am - What's wrong with the economy? Nobody seems quite sure, but it's clear that the Biden administration's $1.9 trillion stimulus package passed in March, on top of the $900...
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Living in true dictatorships will give you perspective on 'fascism' in AmericaNov 22, 2021 12:00 am - I was in Berlin last month. It's a great city with plenty of history ... kind of reminds me of Chicago in that way, though it's much older and some of its history much d...
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Katie Couric as self-absorbed Southern belleNov 19, 2021 12:00 am - Katie Couric's new bestselling memoir, "Going There," proves critics right. Shedding her skin as a sweet, smiling - if shallow - public figure, now she's the second comi...
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Pouring fuel on the spending fireNov 19, 2021 12:00 am - President Joe Biden has united the American people - in disapproving of his performance, with 70% of Americans disliking the direction the economy is going and over 6 in...