Opinion Columns
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The Senate Finance Committee is now steered by a tractor driver from IowaFeb 07, 2019 12:00 am - His tractor is so noisy that, when driving it, the man who calls himself "just a farmer from Butler County" puts his cellphone under his cap, set on vibrate. Charles Gra...
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Can moderate Dems talk Pelosi out of extreme border position?Feb 07, 2019 12:00 am - As things stand now, a House and Senate conference committee is the only hope that Democrats and Republicans can reach agreement on border security and avoid another gov...
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Online's 'walled gardens' must stop assuming real news is freeFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - Facebook and Google have been brutal to the news business. But this primarily reflects a failure of imagination. The tech giants are the world's best distribution platfo...
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Don't make Medicare-for-all a litmus testFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - Hear that crunching sound? It's the eggshells that 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls are stomping through, backing up and stomping upon all over again, as they attem...
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The banality of evil, 2019Feb 05, 2019 12:00 am - C.S. Lewis was only partly right when he wrote: The greatest evil ... is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed and well...
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The rise of the disruptersFeb 05, 2019 12:00 am - Howard Schultz, the former head of Starbucks, and Larry Hogan, the governor of Maryland, could seriously disrupt the political landscape if they decide to run for presid...
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Contrary to popular belief, manufacturing is boomingFeb 04, 2019 12:00 am - Rumors of the death of U.S. manufacturing have been greatly exaggerated. Everyone from Sen. Bernie Sanders to Tucker Carlson laments the supposed demise of U.S. manufact...
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What great legislators have in commonFeb 03, 2019 12:00 am - Each of the great politicians and legislators I've known over the course of my career in Congress was very different. They were masters of the rules, or unassailably kno...
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In defense of the elitesFeb 03, 2019 12:00 am - This year's World Economic Forum, more than usual, prompted a spirited round of elite-bashing, which has now become the trendy political posture on both right and left. ...
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Howard Schultz and the Frappuccino SyndromeFeb 01, 2019 12:00 am - Holy Chestnut Praline Latte! There was Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks CEO, making a case Wednesday for why Americans would flock to him if he decides to run for pr...