Opinion Columns
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As Bastiat would say, peer past the obvious with pandemic policiesJul 07, 2020 1:00 am - Last week marked the 219th birthday of the great 19th-century French economist Frederic Bastiat. It's the perfect time to talk about his famous essay, "That Which is See...
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Generations Defining - and Redefining - American HistoryJul 07, 2020 1:00 am - Americans naturally tend to think of their presidents in terms of generations, like they do with their families. This may have started with the news that former Presiden...
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It's not a debate: wear a maskJul 05, 2020 1:00 am - If you're still opposed to wearing a face mask in public, this column is for Very Special You. I don't mean that sarcastically. One of us believes we're magically immune...
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U.S. must stand up for Hong Kong, democracyJul 05, 2020 1:00 am - Last November, my son surprised me and announced that he was flying to Hong Kong to stand with the pro-democracy protesters. I should not have been surprised. He has vol...
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Racism exists, but freedom is America's systemic foundationJul 03, 2020 1:00 am - On the recent 76th D-Day Anniversary, I was moved to address the current war for the future of our nation centered on the proposition that the United States of America i...
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State budget a good first step in real change for marginalized communitiesJul 02, 2020 1:00 am - Uplifting news can be hard to find these days. Representing health care providers serving largely minority communities, we see the challenges everywhere. The coronavirus...
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The fragile state of the free pressJul 02, 2020 1:00 am - As we approach the official celebration of America's Declaration of Independence, a new study on coronavirus news reporting gives some interesting, and uncomfortable, in...
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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...