Opinion Columns
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Progressive cities and black educationMar 25, 2020 1:00 am - By Walter E. Williams A recent report by Chris Stewart has shed new light on some of the educational problems faced by black youth. The report is titled "The Secret Sham...
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'Crimson Contagion' was a government game that sought to prepare us for thisMar 25, 2020 1:00 am - Often, it is the job of people in the federal government to play games. The Pentagon's tabletop war games are legendary, particularly in the early days of the Cold War w...
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To defeat COVID-19, each of us must act in a way that protects us allMar 24, 2020 11:00 pm - Hospitals are running low on everything from diagnostic tests to beds, doctors and medical equipment. Nurses are being told to use bandannas as makeshift face masks. And...
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Notes from my dining room tableMar 24, 2020 1:00 am - In 2020, people talk about "two Americas." During the coronavirus outbreak, there is one America, a sheltered America, with people who - like me - can work at home. And ...
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The importance of global collaboration to combat COVID-19 pandemicMar 24, 2020 1:00 am - The pandemic of COVID-19 has put the need for global collaboration on the forefront. We are living in the age of increased focus on nationalism, while global collaborati...
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Provide stimulus for small businesses, not $50 billion bailout for airlinesMar 23, 2020 1:00 am - U.S. airlines are requesting $50 billion of taxpayer money for another bailout. We should not make the same mistake twice. When Congress bailed out the airlines after th...
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In midst of health crisis, need for nuclear power ever more clearMar 22, 2020 1:00 am - We are in the midst of a pandemic, the likes of which has not been seen in our lifetimes. Pandemics have happened in the past. But this time is different from any other ...
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Let's use this crisis to get teachers the pay they deserveMar 22, 2020 1:00 am - By Mark Shields My sainted mother was a public school teacher until she married my father and immediately, as a married woman, was forced by local Massachusetts rules th...
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COVID-19 could be deadly for American small businessMar 20, 2020 1:00 am - Over the last few weeks, the United States has been grappling with the challenges of the global coronavirus pandemic. But the devastating effects have only just begun to...
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Doom, gloom and the drive that strives to overcome it allMar 19, 2020 1:00 am - When I first started thinking about the theme for this column early last week, it was with the idea of sharing with you the impact on a newsroom of covering a sustained ...