Opinion Columns
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Trump has just proved Iran's hardliners rightMay 13, 2018 1:00 am - Jeb Bush said Donald Trump would be a "chaos president." And this week, Trump lived up to the billing, choosing to defy virtually the entire world, including America's c...
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The dangers of debtMay 13, 2018 1:00 am - Politicians and commentators these days like to point to an array of threats to our constitutional system. There's one, though, that doesn't get nearly as much attention...
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Seeking a humane end for horsesMay 11, 2018 1:00 am - CAMDEN, S.C. - When Justify barreled across the finish line to win the rain-drenched Kentucky Derby on Saturday, he was notably clean - free of the mud that covered the ...
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Time to end the crazy secrecy of Trump-Russia investigationMay 11, 2018 1:00 am - On Jan. 24, 2017, then-national security adviser Michael Flynn was questioned by the FBI in his White House office. The session, focusing on Flynn's transition talks wit...
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Faith requires us to be outraged at every violation of human dignityMay 10, 2018 1:00 am - Evangelical Protestantism, thank God, is experiencing its own version of a #MeToo moment. Dr. Paige Patterson - head of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and ic...
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Slusher: The power of the press - and its limitsMay 10, 2018 1:00 am - Google "the power of the press" and you'll get thousands of responses - many extolling the ability of mass media to effect change by influencing public opinion, a growin...
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The Haspel nomination is a moral issue because it's a tough choiceMay 09, 2018 1:00 am - The argument against Gina Haspel's nomination to be CIA director is simple and, in some ways, compelling: The Senate shouldn't approve someone who was involved, however ...
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Paul Ryan's failed exorcismMay 08, 2018 1:00 am - Given the cornucopia of issues Americans have to select from each day, the recent firing and rehiring of the House of Representatives' chaplain may not have bestirred ma...
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The three real steps Illinois should take on workers' compMay 07, 2018 1:00 am - Now that Illinois' contentious primaries are over, state lawmakers have an opportunity to get back to business and tackle the litany of financial woes affecting the stat...
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We're all in this togetherMay 06, 2018 1:00 am - Our republic is under stress. So much so, in fact, that if you're not worried about its future, you probably haven't been paying attention. What makes me say this? Our p...