Opinion Columns
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Who's the good dog now?Mar 31, 2020 1:00 am - I love the rich people who employ me. I do. Before that, I loved the other rich people who employed me. I want them swaddled with care, smothered with tax incentives, in...
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For many families, health crisis adds to homelessness risksMar 31, 2020 1:00 am - Across the country, Americans are being told, "Stay home." As coronavirus sweeps across our country, communities are heeding the advice of epidemiologists and taking dra...
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Time is running out to end gerrymandering, an enemy of democracyMar 30, 2020 5:30 am - During an unprecedented health crisis, it is difficult to focus on anything else. I certainly hope you are all taking this as seriously as I am - observing social distan...
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Our mothers, grandmothers showed us how to manage frightening timesMar 29, 2020 1:00 am - March is Women's History Month and over the years in my role as Women's Initiative Coordinator for Itasca Bank, we've presented portrayals of many different women in his...
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Coronavirus highlights importance of paid leave for workersMar 27, 2020 1:00 am - The novel coronavirus has caused policymakers to revisit several proposals that have been sidelined for far too long. Eager to contain what the World Health Organizatio...
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Going viral: Politicizing this pandemic gets us nowhereMar 27, 2020 1:00 am - By now the tropes have become almost typical. Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus, drumming up irrational fears in the media, and causing an economic meltdown, al...
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Controlling the spread of hopelessnessMar 26, 2020 1:00 am - By Jim Slusher In a column for the Detroit Free Press this week, the writer and broadcast commentator Mitch Albom laid out a road map of sorts for news coverage of the n...
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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...