Opinion Columns
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Leaving Syria for all the wrong reasonsApr 08, 2018 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer The president's latest words on one key area of foreign policy are odd, even coming from him. I say that not in righteous anger or personal mortifi...
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Breaking: Fake news vs. 'Fake news'Apr 06, 2018 1:00 am - When fake news blasts traditional media for being "fake news," how does one respond? Do you shout, I'm not fake, you are? Do you ignore the charge? If you don't fight b...
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Fully funding Illinois schools a step toward King's dreamApr 06, 2018 1:00 am - April 4, 2018, marked the 50th anniversary of the assassination of noted civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Because he was a minister, King infused his activis...
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On the Trump-Russia investigation and the rule of lawApr 05, 2018 1:00 am - Recently, I took part in a debate on the question "Does the Russia investigation endanger the rule of law?" I said yes. First, a caveat. If "endanger the rule of law" me...
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Slusher: They're rare, but instances like these do make you wonderApr 05, 2018 1:00 am - Some people ... It's an expression we've all heard. Perhaps all used. It always trails off like that, because we seem to think there's something more to be said, but jus...
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Would you put your trust in America?Apr 03, 2018 1:00 am - As an exercise in both empathy and grand strategy, try to imagine being a pro-American Syrian. Perhaps you saw two of your children killed when a tank attacked your hom...
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A memory of the day that Dr. King died: Dare to make a differenceApr 02, 2018 11:00 pm - It has been 50 years since an assassin's bullet took the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I vividly remember that day. I was a 15-year-old boy in Birmingham, ...
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The ABCs of political polarizationApr 02, 2018 1:00 am - Talk to each other, people! Oh, you're a gun person? You must not care about school shootings. Oh, you want gun control? You must want to take everyone's guns and you d...
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Trump's art of the deal isn't working in foreign policyApr 01, 2018 1:00 am - By way of explanation for some of President Donald Trump's bizarre foreign policy moves, we are often told that he is "unconventional" and that this could well be an ass...
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Flunking the decency testApr 01, 2018 1:00 am - By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts Here's a number that helps explain why Stormy Daniels could have a sizable impact on the fall elections: 67. That's the percentage...