Opinion Columns
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Data doesn't support GOP opposition to infrastructure spendingMar 26, 2021 1:00 am - President Biden is considering a range of potential investment options for the federal government covering everything from traditional infrastructure like roads and brid...
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History tells us that wealth taxes don't workMar 26, 2021 1:00 am - With Democrats now in control of the House, Senate and White House, many of the most significant policy battles of the next two years will be determined by intraparty fi...
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COVID-19 Vaccine: Part IMar 25, 2021 1:00 am - There were many times, I'm sure, when my mother was disappointed in me, but one memory is seared into my brain like rice scorched into the bottom of a forgotten pot on t...
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The Democrats' filibuster hypocrisyMar 25, 2021 1:00 am - On April 7, 2017, less than four years ago, a majority of Democrats in the U.S. Senate joined a majority of Republicans to sign a letter supporting the filibuster. The l...
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Stigma and the $15-an-hour minimum wageMar 23, 2021 1:00 am - No one hates the idea of a $15 an hour minimum wage more than the person making $15 an hour now. You don't like to think of yourself as being on the bottom, and the only...
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The diplomatic fallout from Biden's frank talk about PutinMar 23, 2021 1:00 am - In his recent interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, President Biden responded directly to the question "Do you think Vladimir Putin is a killer?" "Yep, I do," said...
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What explains Biden's chameleonlike transformation?Mar 19, 2021 11:00 pm - How to explain Joe Biden's ideological transformation over the years? Perhaps it's the same as the explanation of why the chameleon's complexion changes when he moves fr...
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Biden stays the course on Trump's immigration, trade and industrial policiesMar 19, 2021 11:00 pm - Several of my friends have expressed relief now that Joe Biden is president and Donald Trump is gone. They no longer have to watch the news constantly, declaring that th...
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Caring is also part of the endorsement processMar 18, 2021 1:00 am - Have you awakened in the middle of the night recently, unable to get back to sleep because you don't know which village board or school board candidate to vote for? Some...
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First grade, pandemic styleMar 17, 2021 1:00 am - My dearest friend has grandchildren. We are giving her daughter a day off, which is to say, a day to work nonstop at only one job. School starts at 9 a.m.: fourth grade ...