Opinion Columns
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The unique lessons hiding within a familiar type of pictureMay 22, 2025 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: Graduation photos may seem repetitive, but each one captures a unique moment in time for an individual. The images reflect community value, the transition to adulthood and much more.
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Latest book on Biden tells Americans what they already knew — except maybe Jake TapperMay 22, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Jake Tapper's new book admits media failure in covering up Biden's mental decline, a "scandal" the author missed despite signs, raising accountability issues.
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High-rent district: Qatar & Co. turn America into a grift shopMay 22, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jeff Robbins: Donald Trump may not know due process from "101 Dalmatians," but he knows get-rich-quick schemes, and he wasted little time after taking office before making a beeline for the world's most reliable generator of cash for the Trump family: the Mideast.
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Consider setting, not just money, in setting up student-athletes to thriveMay 21, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jessica A. Johnson: Saban and Trump may team up to reform college sports in the era of NIL deals. But can a presidential commission really change the bag chasing culture?.
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Trump's tax push puts ‘free market’ label to restMay 21, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: The Trump administration has abandoned pro-growth policies in favor of economic nationalism, protectionism, and central planning that limit consumer choice and opportunity.
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The Democrats: Leadership discredited, party off kilterMay 20, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: How does a political party with overwhelming advantages, including increasing support from the growing bloc of highly educated and affluent voters, almost monopoly support from the press and broadcast media, and with burgeoning financial and high-tech sectors of the economy, manage to lose just about everything across the board?
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On education, Mississippi shows the wayMay 20, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Shocking new data shows Mississippi now leads the nation in key education metrics. Is the Deep South outperforming progressive states?
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Sleazin' on a jet planeMay 20, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: If you don't have much money, you gotta have pride, or you're a bum, and people know you're a bum, and they call you a bum. But if you're rich, no one will think you're a bum no matter what you take, including a $400 million jet.
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‘Infrastructure Week’ provides reminder of a non-partisan needMay 18, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Keith Peterson: Infrastructure week became a joke in Trump's first term as plans fell through. Now he has a second chance, but agencies aren't cooperating and management is chaotic.
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President Trump bonds with Saudi ArabiaMay 18, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: On his first international trip in new term, Trump bondeds with the Saudi Crown Prince, urging Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel. He put aside the Jamal Khashoggi murder to benefit US jobs.