Opinion Columns
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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...
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Lesson of current polling: Polls this early don't mean muchFeb 28, 2019 12:00 am - It has become a common talking point for NeverTrump Republicans seeking to defeat President Trump in the 2020 GOP primaries: Polls have found that a substantial number -...
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Hate crime hoaxes: The bad and the goodFeb 27, 2019 12:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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We need honest debate about what a 'fair' tax will meanFeb 27, 2019 12:00 am - By Dan McCaleb Guest columnist Should those who make more money pay a higher percentage of their wages in state income taxes than others who make less? I have a strong o...
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American politics' great divideFeb 26, 2019 12:00 am - One of the more striking political developments of the last few years has been the partisan sorting of American voters. It used to be that both the Republican and Democr...