Opinion Columns
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The moral implications of the GOP's Trumpian turnJul 05, 2018 1:00 am - With President Donald Trump's forthcoming nomination of a Supreme Court justice likely to rally and unify the Republican coalition, some commentators are (again) declari...
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Those words of the Pledge pack a powerful meaningJul 05, 2018 1:00 am - You know the Pledge of Allegiance, probably by heart. You may recite it only occasionally, or get the chance several times a week. Sometimes, I'm guessing, you say it me...
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Assaults on meritocracy forebode return to elitism of the pastJul 04, 2018 1:00 am - LONDON - In recent weeks, you might have heard about two seemingly unrelated issues that are actually quite connected. In New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio signaled his des...
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The price of rejecting realityJul 03, 2018 1:00 am - One of President Donald Trump's most persistent and pernicious lies is that immigrants cause an increase in crime. That's not true. So his whole approach to immigration ...
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It was too easy to blame President Trump this timeJul 03, 2018 1:00 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. - It was far too easy to assume the worst - that the inevitable, finally, had come to pass. When news broke Thursday afternoon that a shooter had opened ...
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The attorney general does not represent United MethodistsJul 02, 2018 1:00 am - I'm getting tired of having to explain that I'm not THAT kind of Christian. Typically, I've met someone new and I'm explaining that my church isn't one of those churche...
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Court is chipping away at legitimacy of our electionsJul 01, 2018 1:00 am - The American experiment with democracy rests on the simple premise that voters have a reasonable chance of having their voice heard and represented in the halls of gover...
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Court case uncovers targeting of journalist in SyriaJun 29, 2018 1:00 am - While newspapers across the nation struggle to find space for foreign news, a strange story involving the death of a famous war correspondent six years ago in Syria is p...
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Kennedy's retirement offers Trump a path to uniting his partyJun 29, 2018 1:00 am - Luck - pure, dumb luck - is an underestimated advantage in politics, and Donald Trump is one lucky man. He ran for the Republican nomination against a fractured field, i...
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Slusher: It's not always so easy to know what is, is not newsJun 28, 2018 1:00 am - It could be said this week that if you want to understand news, you would consider Jimmy Fallon. Here's what happened: In 2016, the late-night comedian playfully tousled...