Opinion Columns
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Threatening Obamacare in a pandemicJul 01, 2020 1:00 am - Maybe it's because he resents his predecessor's popularity, especially as his plummets to record lows. Or maybe he is just so clueless and in such a state of denial that...
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Once started, mob violence targeting monuments is hard to stopJul 01, 2020 1:00 am - What do George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, Father Junipero Serra and Christopher Columbus have in common? None were Confederate g...
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Rage of the poor is rooted in hopelessnessJun 29, 2020 1:00 am - What happens to people over multiple decades and generations when our society tells them their lives have no value? Eventually, they conclude they have no meaningful fut...
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We all have to make this workJun 28, 2020 1:00 am - These are uncertain, divided times for our nation. Unemployment is at mind-boggling levels, a virus we still don't fully understand is stifling the course of ordinary li...
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The frivolous DemocratsJun 28, 2020 1:00 am - White college graduates have emerged from the last two decades of elections as an increasingly large and cohesive political bloc - and one that poses problems for both p...
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Give individuals and small businesses a government-backed line of creditJun 26, 2020 1:00 am - The economy is reopening. Consumer spending increased by almost 18% last month, sending the stock market soaring. That's the good news. The bad news is that with no COVI...
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Abortion and the catholic voterJun 26, 2020 1:00 am - Can a Catholic vote for a pro-choice candidate for political office? Yes, in my view, in given circumstances. I consider myself pro-life. While it is not clear to me jus...
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Insults to black historyJun 25, 2020 1:00 am - Many whites are ashamed, saddened and feel guilty about our history of slavery, Jim Crow and gross racial discrimination. Many black people remain angry over the injusti...
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Look who's sowing division in Washington nowJun 24, 2020 1:00 am - President Donald Trump was the voice of reason in Washington last week as D.C. Democrats were sowing division. Before he signed an executive order on police reform in th...
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Trump and his courtJun 23, 2020 1:00 am - Twice in a week. First, the court holds that you can't discriminate against employees on the basis of sexual orientation. And if that isn't enough, the chief justice goe...