Opinion Columns
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His name was Jordan EdwardsMay 05, 2017 1:00 am - Another black boy was killed by police, this time in Texas. His name was Jordan Edwards. Jordan was 15, a "model student," a "popular football player" and "a kid that di...
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For Democrats, Obama's Wall Street payday sends the wrong signalMay 03, 2017 11:00 pm - "I am not a member of any organized party - I am a Democrat." - Will Rogers, 1935 Never mind that at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the president of the United St...
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Spinner fad shows frivolity has its serious sideMay 03, 2017 11:00 pm - If Wednesday's front-page headline "The fidget spinner: Tool or toy" had a familiar ring to you, this may be why: Aug. 31, 1997: Parents left holding the leash as school...
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Ignorance and demagoguery on tradeMay 03, 2017 1:00 am - When we discuss international trade and balance of payments, there are two types of accounts. There is the current account, which includes goods and services imported an...
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The language of hatred, increasingly normalized by TrumpMay 03, 2017 1:00 am - For those who claim that Donald Trump has been pasteurized and homogenized by the presidency, his sour, 100th-day speech in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was inconvenient. ...
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A confederacy of dictatorsMay 02, 2017 11:00 pm - It should have been obvious, but I missed it: Steve Bannon has been banished and Dennis Rodman is whispering in the president's ear. Oh, OK, maybe not, but it could exp...
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Trump needs respect - and a better idea - before he'll get his wallMay 02, 2017 1:00 am - President Trump's "Great Wall" along the Mexican border is a truly terrible idea. It would be hugely expensive, costing an estimated $21.6 billion. It would not work. An...
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Language leads to a lesson of historyMay 02, 2017 1:00 am - How absolutely grand a moment it must have been when the White House got the idea of comparing the American aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, en route supposedly to scar...
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Rauner charts common-sense path on choiceMay 01, 2017 1:00 am - Last week Gov. Bruce Rauner, a pro-choice Republican who has consistently stood up for women's rights, was attacked by partisan groups with a misinformation campaign int...
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The education of Donald Trump - and usApr 30, 2017 1:00 am - By Fareed Zakaria There are so many unusual, unprecedented aspects of Donald Trump's first 100 days in office that it's hard to know where to begin. By his own yardstick...