Opinion Columns
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Trump demonstrates the art of the concessionDec 10, 2017 12:00 am - By Fareed Zakaria With his decision to move the American Embassy to Jerusalem, President Donald Trump did something puzzling for a person who claims to be a great dealma...
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Finland celebrates with dignity and joyDec 10, 2017 12:00 am - Why, this week - when the world seems to be collapsing around us and an American president seems singularly incapable of catching it - should I write about Finland? It's...
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'Gravy train' conference is abuse of taxpayersDec 08, 2017 12:00 am - Local tax dollars should not be spent on valet parking. They should not be spent on lavish hotels and expensive meals. And an annual training conference should not be tr...
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The Roy and Donald showDec 08, 2017 12:00 am - It's absolutely no surprise that President Donald Trump has heartily endorsed Roy Moore as the next senator from Alabama. They are soul mates - BFFs bringing their own b...
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Slusher: Emphasis on 'productive' in this shared sense of communityDec 07, 2017 12:00 am - We most often use the word community in a geographic context, identifying the sense of shared identity that comes from living in a particular town or region. But we also...
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Why the Alabama senate race is shifting in Moore's favorDec 07, 2017 12:00 am - After all that has happened, the Alabama Senate race appears to be reverting to a fundamental political truth: A state that is one of the most Republican in the nation i...
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The GOP tax plan is Robin Hood in reverseDec 06, 2017 12:00 am - Most independent analysts have concluded the $1.5 trillion "tax reform" recently approved by both houses of Congress will be a windfall for rich families like the Trumps...
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Michael Flynn's holiday cheerDec 05, 2017 12:00 am - At least three people must have celebrated the news that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his conversation with a ...
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Senate Republicans needlessly spurn positive step on tax reformDec 05, 2017 12:00 am - Some political moments are like an X-ray - revealing down to the bone. Here were Senate Republicans, poised for their first (and only) real legislative victory of the y...
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Zakaria: What if Trump knows his base better than we do?Dec 01, 2017 1:00 pm - Watching the Republican tax plan race through Congress, one is reminded of a big apparent difference between Donald Trump's program and other populist movements in the W...