Opinion Columns
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If Democrats want to win, they must avoid mythmaking of leftistsMar 07, 2019 12:00 am - At 29, with her Puerto Rican heritage, megawatt smile and 3 million-plus Twitter followers, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez embodies the rising power of younger female non...
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Anti-social media adds new dimensions to 'silly season'Mar 07, 2019 12:00 am - Election campaign time is sometimes referred to as the "silly season" because of all the wild stories, accusations and complaints that seep out of the political ether. I...
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Yes, Virginia, it's offensiveMar 06, 2019 12:00 am - By Kathleen Parker When Virginia first lady Pam Northam handed out raw cotton last month to African-American students on a governor's mansion tour and asked them to imag...
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House dems send message: Impeachment is onMar 06, 2019 12:00 am - The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says there is no doubt President Donald Trump has obstructed justice. "It's very clear that the president obstructed justic...
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When Trump demeans others, he is undermining democracyMar 05, 2019 12:00 am - "A great empire and little minds go ill together," said Edmund Burke. America is not quite an empire, but one little mind was on full display during President Trump's r...
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Trump again accepts a dictator's lies on faithMar 03, 2019 12:00 am - If he were alive today, Mark Twain might say the following: "There's lies, damned lies - and Donald Trump." The president of the United States not only lies routinely, b...
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America's bitter polarization exacts a price on our credibility abroadMar 03, 2019 12:00 am - It appears that President Donald Trump decided that a bad deal with North Korea was worse than no deal, a reasonable conclusion that suggests he and his team were approa...
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Drafting women to end all warsMar 01, 2019 12:00 am - Last week, a district court judge ruled that it is unconstitutional for only men to have to register with the Selective Service, opening the possibility that women might...
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What happens when you put a narcissist at the center of the universe?Mar 01, 2019 12:00 am - At the Hanoi summit, perhaps following a champagne toast officially welcoming North Korea to the nuclear club, I imagine President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un sitting d...
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Hook, line, sinker and attributionFeb 28, 2019 12:00 am - There are many points with which I would take issue in the Walter E. Williams column on Jussie Smollett that we published Wednesday. That, in large measure, is the funct...