Opinion Columns
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For anti-fragile Trump Coronavirus can be a catalyst, not a threatMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - It has been a foregone conclusion among many economic thinkers that the cheaper manufacturing alternatives offered by China and other low-wage foreign countries made the...
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Supply and demand, hoarding, price gouging - and the coronavirusMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - As the saying goes, "Nothing is certain but death and taxes." I would add, "and anti-price gouging legislation in times of crisis." Yet price increases in the face of su...
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Making the decision to give better and become betterMar 16, 2020 1:00 am - "Progress is strength." That's a quote I have carried with me since the day it was said to me. I was 16 the first time I encountered a Marine Corps recruiter. It was a...
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Two bad handsMar 15, 2020 1:00 am - Do you want to know the truth? It's coronavirus season, and it's election season, and my wife's disinfecting all the doorknobs in the house every night, and all the cand...
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Can science lead to dumb panic?Mar 15, 2020 1:00 am - Can science lead to dumb panic? It's a question I've been asking as the stock market cannibalized itself in response to the coronavirus outbreak, academia shuttered clas...
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Panic, if you must, and then pivotMar 13, 2020 1:00 am - When is the last time someone told you to calm down, and it worked? I'm not seeing a lot of raised hands. Having someone tell us we're overreacting is annoying and cond...
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Three reasons Joe Biden will never be presidentMar 12, 2020 1:00 am - By Byron York Joe Biden was sworn into the United States Senate on Jan. 3, 1973. He remained in the Senate until Jan. 15, 2009 - a span of 36 years. If history is any gu...
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Recognizing the voice of leadershipMar 11, 2020 1:00 am - We're traveling in a crowded subway car somewhere under Manhattan when, without warning, the car comes to an abrupt halt in a tunnel in between stations. The subway car ...
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Rights versus wishesMar 11, 2020 1:00 am - Sen. Bernie Sanders said: "I believe that health care is a right of all people." He's not alone in that contention. That claim comes from Democrats and Republicans and l...
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Why international court's probe of war crimes won't get anywhereMar 10, 2020 1:00 am - Last week, the International Criminal Court in The Hague reversed an earlier decision and ruled that its chief prosecutor could open a broad investigation into possible ...