Opinion Columns
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Americans can see through Trump's 'fake news' claimsJun 07, 2017 1:00 am - By Gene Lyons Where I come from, sucker-punching or body-slamming an unsuspecting adversary isn't the mark of a tough guy. It's a punk move, a half step above smacking a...
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Trump totally misunderstands climate changeJun 06, 2017 1:00 am - Climate policy is the new culture war, driven by nearly theological passions. Or actually theological passions - with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi claiming that Do...
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Trump's accidental call to actionJun 06, 2017 1:00 am - A curious thing happened on President Trump's way out of the Paris climate accord. American mayors, governors, corporate leaders and others immediately committed to meet...
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Pre-K effort that advances '21st Century skills'Jun 05, 2017 1:00 am - They're known by many names: Soft skills, character skills, employability skills, social-emotional skills. I prefer "21st Century skills," because they're as current an...
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Caught in a maelstrom, Trump has two optionsJun 04, 2017 1:00 am - In the churning, murky pond water of Kremlin-gate, a few things are increasingly clear: First, the Russian-influence scandal is consuming Donald Trump, and this is likel...
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Climate, life and responsibilityJun 04, 2017 1:00 am - The headlines Friday morning seemed to say it all: President Donald Trump had announced that the United States is pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord. On the side of...
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Trump's radical doctrine of retreatJun 02, 2017 1:00 am - We now have a Trump Doctrine, and it is, in its conception at least, the most radical departure from a bipartisan American foreign policy since 1945. In an op-ed for The...
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Perhaps you remember Tamir RiceJun 02, 2017 1:00 am - Well, that's it then. That's it for Tamir Rice. Finally - 2 1/2 years after the 12-year-old black boy was shot dead in a city park in Cleveland - we know the fate of the...
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The scalding reality of Manchester's melting potJun 01, 2017 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer Many years ago, I was attending a Middle Eastern conference in Libya when I had an experience that might shed some light on the roots of the terror...
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The confusing challenge that faces Springfield, in a word - compromiseJun 01, 2017 1:00 am - After watching the Illinois legislature these past few ... what, months? years? ... I've been thinking a lot about compromise and where it actually fits in the realm of ...