Opinion Columns
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Trump's destructive nationalismFeb 29, 2016 12:00 am - The main focus of Donald Trump's media coverage has been his populist disdain for elites. But his main focus has often been a strident version of American nationalism. ...
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The black and white of politicsFeb 28, 2016 12:00 am - FLORENCE, S.C. -- If Donald Trump speaks for disenfranchised whites, Hillary Clinton speaks mostly to blacks who feel the same. But the differences in how people, left a...
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American Heart Association, red hats, babies and DH post create online sensationFeb 27, 2016 12:00 pm - Newsroom lore says nothing pushes readers' buttons quite like a good animal story. Lately we've discovered restaurant openings and closings draw a big online crowd. Add ...
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In this western, the Bundys are bumbling villainsFeb 26, 2016 12:00 am - Looks like that epic cowboy movie Cliven Bundy and his boys dreamed of playing starring roles in will never get made. Thankfully, their own epic stupidity ended the fant...
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Problems of immigration are rooted in overpopulationFeb 25, 2016 12:00 am - Pope Francis is gone now, moved on from his brief but touching visit to the Mexican border, where he said Mass for two nations: Mexico and the United States. Many hearts...
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Slusher: Newspapers' reputation for trust still attracts imitatorsFeb 25, 2016 12:00 am - Ronald Reagan's famous Cold War maxim "Trust but verify" has too many applications to list, but few are more appropriate than one dealing with print newspapers. The some...
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The moral insight of 'Mockingbird'Feb 24, 2016 12:00 am - At a time when politics has veered toward division and exclusion, it is somehow fitting that Harper Lee, the apostle of empathy, made her exit. After the success of her...
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Trump's innate cruelty not just rude, it's dangerousFeb 24, 2016 12:00 am - I may never forgive Donald Trump for what he said about Mexicans. I may never forgive him for what he said about Muslims or that smutty crack he made about Megyn Kelly. ...
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An important first step toward justice reform in IllinoisFeb 23, 2016 12:00 am - While the protracted fight over the state budget has been discouraging, it takes place at the same time bipartisan agreement is emerging on reforms of the state's crimin...
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The dangers of overpromising in politicsFeb 23, 2016 12:00 am - PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. - "I want you to understand: I will not promise you something that I cannot deliver," Hillary Clinton told a rally here in South Carolina. "I will n...