Wheaton Opinion
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U.S. should study othersOct 26, 2019 1:00 am - Our so-called democracy is all hat and no cattle, a plutocracy in democracy clothing. Other industrialized nations (e.g. Germany, Great Britain, Canada, the Nordic count...
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Abandoning our alliesOct 23, 2019 1:00 am - Abandoning the Kurds, arguably our best allies in the Middle East, to slaughter is: • Bad for the Kurdish people; • Morally repugnant • A loss of a great house-to-house...
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Confused scienceOct 15, 2019 1:00 am - Ms. Wasielewski's letter of Oct. 3 left me with my mouth hanging open. Her "scientific" explanation of polar warming is so garbled it is hard to know where to start sort...
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Get a clue about our governmentOct 12, 2019 1:00 am - Who is our White House press secretary? Clue: the one who has never held a White House press briefing - not the one who recently joined Fox News, nor the one who says ou...
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New Voices for the Climate Kids: Growing the movement after the Sept. 20 Climate StrikeOct 07, 2019 11:00 pm - On Friday, Sept. 20, activists of all ages spanned westward from Grant Park, barricaded by police officers, and serenaded by the shouts of thousands. Above the crowd, a ...
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Why won't Dems join China resistance?Sep 28, 2019 1:00 am - I have called Rep. Sean Casten, the offices of Sen. Duckworth and Sen. Durbin several times and asked a simple question and have yet to get an answer from any of them, s...
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U. S. can assume leadership role with climate legislationSep 20, 2019 1:00 am - On Sept. 18, the Trump administration formally revoked California's authority to set tailpipe pollution rules that are stricter than federal standards. This comes less t...
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Lexicon of 'leadership'Sep 14, 2019 1:00 am - A vocabulary list to better understand news coverage of our president: Spewing, hurling - as in vomiting lies and tossing insults, especially toward women, nonwhites, o...
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Trump's failed diplomacySep 14, 2019 1:00 am - Trump diplomacy has been a total failure. Months of negotiations with the Taliban have now collapsed. Negotiations with North Korea have ended. The Palestinians have not...
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Inflation and minimum wageSep 06, 2019 1:00 am - Why is a minimum wage of $15 per hour a pie in the sky for us while in many other industrialized nations, a minimum wage of $20 or more per hour has been the norm for ma...