Opinion Columns
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The Arctic, melting ice and international challengesSep 01, 2019 1:00 am - "What about the rest of the North?" asked McGeorge Bundy, president of the Ford Foundation, back in the 1970s while considering yet one more grant to help the troubled N...
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Evangelical leaders are tidying up the kitchen while the house burns downAug 30, 2019 1:00 am - Much white evangelical support for Donald Trump is based on a bargain or transaction: political loyalty (and political cover for the president's moral flaws) in return f...
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A world on fireAug 30, 2019 1:00 am - A question for this moment: If the Earth's lungs were on fire and the doctor refused to treat it, would there be cause for a third-party intervention? This is a rhetoric...
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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...