Opinion Columns
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Nature: A smart investmentNov 16, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Jessica Vealitzek: It might seem obvious why we would want to acquire additional open space — more trails to walk, rivers to kayak, beautiful vistas to enjoy. And all of that is true. But healthy open space is also valuable.
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The answer to Republicans' 'affordability problem?' Unleash supplyNov 14, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Voters know better than to confuse tricks with prosperity. They see that prices are still high and rising, that paychecks are still lagging and that tariffs and transfer schemes can't conjure real affordability.
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Deal’s only certainty: frustrationNov 14, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: I don’t get it. Why start something that you don't have the guts to follow through with? Why grab defeat from the jaws of victory?
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Hatchet-job haven: The Justice Department gets torchedNov 13, 2025 2:27 pm - Syndicated columnist Jeff Robbins:
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Trump's biggest election loss happened in CaliforniaNov 13, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders:
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Aside from punditry, keeping our coming primaries in perspectiveNov 13, 2025 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: There were precious few off-year elections around the country last week, but those we saw produced a bounty of analysis, punditry and political hand-wringing. Perhaps more than anything, this is a sign of the tensions governing our election politics these days.
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Bad news for Republicans, warnings for both partiesNov 12, 2025 11:19 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: In the 2025 gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey, Democrats performed significantly better than expected, indicating a potential backlash against the Trump Republican Party. Ironically, an adverse Supreme Court ruling on Trump’s tariffs could be his saving grace.
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Finding meaning in an accelerated, increasingly digital worldNov 12, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jessica A. Johnson: From continued reading on social media research on Gen Z, I often think about how different adolescence is for them than it was for me.
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Does ChatGPT write me better than I do?Nov 11, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Keith Raffel:
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The Mamdani latteNov 11, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Most of the time, registering as unenrolled is a lot like wearing work boots without having the construction job, or wearing the Harley Davidson T-shirt even though you don't own a motorcycle.