Opinion Columns
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Trump's time should be up; but is Biden the solution?Jul 10, 2020 1:00 am - For only the second time since I've been an eligible voter - and this will be my 14th presidential election - I do not plan to vote for one of the major party candidates...
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It's best to judge Trump's speeches for yourselfJul 10, 2020 1:00 am - That much news coverage is biased against President Trump goes without saying. But every now and then there comes an episode of bias so egregious that it deserves attent...
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Chicago travel order makes no senseJul 09, 2020 1:00 am - First New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut enacted policies requiring 14-day quarantines for travelers from certain states currently experiencing COVID-19 infection spi...
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This is a testing time for all of usJul 09, 2020 1:00 am - A few weeks ago, The New York Times ran an article noting that with the US preoccupied by the coronavirus pandemic, Black Lives Matter protests and massive unemployment,...
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We should encourage, not restrict, international studentsJul 09, 2020 1:00 am - In the past week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has told foreign students that their visas for study in the U.S. will not be valid if their universities cond...
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Charter schools and minoritiesJul 08, 2020 1:00 am - Dr. Thomas Sowell has just published "Charter Schools and Their Enemies." He presents actual test scores of students in traditional public schools and charter schools on...
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Next election could decide if Washington, D.C., becomes 51st stateJul 08, 2020 1:00 am - The drive to make Washington, D.C., a state has been a favorite of some Democrats for years. Why wouldn't it be? If enacted, a new state, formed from deepest-blue D.C., ...
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As Bastiat would say, peer past the obvious with pandemic policiesJul 07, 2020 1:00 am - Last week marked the 219th birthday of the great 19th-century French economist Frederic Bastiat. It's the perfect time to talk about his famous essay, "That Which is See...
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Generations Defining - and Redefining - American HistoryJul 07, 2020 1:00 am - Americans naturally tend to think of their presidents in terms of generations, like they do with their families. This may have started with the news that former Presiden...
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It's not a debate: wear a maskJul 05, 2020 1:00 am - If you're still opposed to wearing a face mask in public, this column is for Very Special You. I don't mean that sarcastically. One of us believes we're magically immune...