Opinion Columns
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Why don't 2020 Democratic also-rans quit the race?Aug 29, 2019 1:00 am - So far, four Democratic presidential candidates - Eric Swalwell, John Hickenlooper, Seth Moulton and Jay Inslee - have dropped out of the 2020 race. What is amazing is t...
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Building an inclusive United Nations with Taiwan on boardAug 29, 2019 1:00 am - By Jaushieh Joseph Wu This July, President Tsai Ing-wen of the Republic of China (Taiwan) traveled through New York, an icon of diversity and freedom and home to the Uni...
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Democracy won't die if we don't let itAug 28, 2019 1:00 am - Democracy's premise is that ordinary citizens can make solid decisions on complex issues. But this basic principle and the structure of laws and practices erected over t...
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Founders never intended a democracyAug 28, 2019 1:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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Dionne: Public options and how government can expand freedomAug 27, 2019 1:00 am - By E.J. Dionne Jr. Complaining about government - its failures, its corruption and, in the worst cases, its capacity to oppress - is both an American pastime and a right...
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Murnane: Democrats present challenge for Republican who can't support TrumpAug 27, 2019 1:00 am - I'm trying to decide which of the hundreds of Democratic candidates for president in 2020 I should consider supporting, and maybe even voting for. As the countdown cont...
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Proving ourselves through civic engagement is important for immigrantsAug 26, 2019 1:00 am - For immigrants who come to the United States, like my mother and me, we have a big expectation to be less of a burden to this country that we call our new home. We are a...
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The Trump presidency is not just unfolding, it is unravelingAug 25, 2019 1:00 am - Historians studying the Trump presidency will have a prodigious amount of digital material that demands examination but defies explanation. The president's Aug. 21, half...
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Voters will have chance to reject failed supply-side economicsAug 25, 2019 1:00 am - Roget's Thesaurus defines "momentous" as meaning "so critically decisive as to affect the future." Which makes the term particularly apt for describing the upcoming gene...
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Health care is a human right. It's time for a public option.Aug 22, 2019 1:00 am - As voters went to the polls last year, health care was their No. 1 issue, edging out the economy for the first time in more than a decade. In the months since the electi...