Opinion Columns
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Don't hate the political players; hate the political gameJan 15, 2021 12:00 am - Many Americans are very upset that President-elect Joe Biden will replace President Donald Trump. For most of them, it's not that they will miss Trump's unconventional a...
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To persuade is the highest goal of newspaper editorialsJan 13, 2021 10:00 pm - By Jim Slusher Persuasion has been called a "gentle art." More often, people approach it with a fiery hammer. Gentility may not be exactly what we need in these troubled...
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Source of income discrimination - let's end itJan 13, 2021 12:00 am - In the age of coronavirus and with an economy on the brink of catastrophe, none of us can afford to turn our noses up at government aid. Many were happy to receive those...
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Will Democrats ditch a policy that's produced more equal incomes?Jan 13, 2021 12:00 am - By Michael Barone The policies of defeated one-term presidents are not as easily reversed as their victorious successors, suffused with campaign rhetoric, sometimes sup...
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Rushed justice reform bill will endanger societyJan 12, 2021 12:00 am - Recently, a 611-page criminal justice reform bill, HB163, was filed for a three-day "lame-duck" legislative session this week. Unfortunately, this legislation would seve...
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'Golden boy' will restore AG to its original roleJan 12, 2021 12:00 am - Amid Wednesday's riots, President-elect Joe Biden's selection of Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general was not the front-page story it otherwise would have been. In ...
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Growing hybrid politicsJan 10, 2021 12:00 am - The 117th Congress has convened. Let's raise a toast to this newly hatched deliberative body and bid a fond farewell to the 116th, the least productive session in Congre...
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How to start a civil warJan 10, 2021 12:00 am - One thing the right always had claim to was the belief that - unlike Black Lives Matter and social justice protests - Tea Party and later MAGA rallies were peaceful, if ...
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Trump cost his party the Senate and the country even moreJan 08, 2021 12:00 am - What do you say of a man who openly seeks to subvert the Constitution and incites his supporters to take over the Capitol of the United States? He's not a president. He ...
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The 'Soulcraft' we need from lawmakers in House, SenateJan 08, 2021 12:00 am - In 1983, the conservative writer George Will wrote a slim volume entitled "Statecraft as Soulcraft" in which he argued that he did not see a problem of "big" government ...