Opinion Columns
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Nobody should be crying for Cuba's Fidel CastroDec 02, 2016 12:00 am - Sometimes history doesn't have to wait to judge - and when it comes to dictators, even dead ones, we shouldn't either. With news of Fidel Castro's death Friday - finalme...
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Trump's hypocrisy is good for AmericaDec 01, 2016 4:00 am - WASHINGTON - As Donald Trump's campaign promises have been dunked in reality's strong solvent, many have been transformed in one way or another - modified, moderated, qu...
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Protesters, Trump need to follow the American WayDec 01, 2016 4:00 am - By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts Protesters have every right to wave signs proclaiming that Donald Trump is "Not My President" (although their credibility is compr...
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Guest View: Fidel was not about politics or economics. He tore families apart.Nov 30, 2016 4:00 am - As the son of a Cuban immigrant and a former Latino media publisher, I've been asked my opinion countless times regarding Cuba and Castro. As of Friday, there is one les...
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Fake news could reveal a disturbing truthNov 30, 2016 4:00 am - WASHINGTON — For decades, foreign correspondents have covered countries where people are quite literally begging for true information. During the Cold War and under the ...
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The 'Obama doctrine' defined in limp statement on CastroNov 29, 2016 12:00 am - We finally have an Obama doctrine. It is the 223 words of the White House statement on the death of Fidel Castro. It is blank of moral judgment, empty of indignation, bl...
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'Attorney General Jeff Sessions' is Democrats' worst nightmareNov 27, 2016 12:00 am - By Byron York President-elect Trump's transition team knew that nominating Jeff Sessions for attorney general would set off controversy. Democrats and their allies in th...
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Blocking grocery competition hurts communitiesNov 25, 2016 11:01 pm - I haven't been a fan of Jewel-Osco, and parent company, Albertsons, since they bullied the village of Bartlett into allowing them to build a gas station on the corner of...
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The boondoggle of infrastructure spendingNov 25, 2016 12:00 am - History has a sly sense of humor. It caused an epiphany regarding infrastructure projects - roads, harbors, airports, etc. - to occur on a bridge over Boston's Charles R...
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The meaning of MittNov 25, 2016 12:00 am - President-elect Donald Trump's flirtation with Mitt Romney as a possible pick for secretary of state has injected a sliver of hope and change into an evolving administra...