Syndicated Columnists
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Gospel music is a powerful educator on social justice strugglesFeb 21, 2024 1:45 am - One of the Black history documentaries that I had marked on my to-see list is the recently released PBS “Gospel” series that is hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr., who serve...
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The Gen Z faith pivotFeb 21, 2024 12:15 am - A significant number of Gen Z Americans and college students appear to be doing a “pivot” back to religion, according to Jay Richards, the director of the Richard and Hel...
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America's dysfunctional overclassFeb 20, 2024 1:30 am - What does America's overclass think of the rest of us? The short answer is "not much." They think ordinary people's splurging on natural resources is destroying the plane...
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Attacking Israel Crosses Line Into AntisemitismFeb 17, 2024 11:27 am - For years, I have listened to friends and colleagues attack the policies of Israel and even question its right to exist. They always follow up their statements by saying ...
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Crying Over Spilt BeerFeb 17, 2024 10:37 am - There's probably still a bar that uses the old beer schooners. Maybe in Chicago or Topeka or Bemidji, one of those towns with a flair for the traditional, for ethnic saus...
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Biden's Super Bowl Shrinkflation Blame GameFeb 16, 2024 6:00 am - President Joe Biden wants to remind you that your Super Bowl party was more expensive than it used to be. The reason, he claims, is corporate greed and “shrinkflation.” I...
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A Supreme compromiseFeb 16, 2024 2:30 am - If there was one lesson to be learned from Bush v. Gore, and its impact on the Supreme Court's credibility, it is that the court should not decide presidential elections....
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Trump, NATO and the mediaFeb 15, 2024 11:06 am - There's an odd dynamic that plays out when former President Donald Trump gives a campaign speech. Many news organizations have imposed a virtual blackout on his appearanc...
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Toward a demotic Republican PartyFeb 15, 2024 10:52 am - What happens when a political party becomes demotic? Before answering the question, note that the word in question is not demonic, from the Greek word daimon, meaning a d...
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The President's Tightrope: Biden Steers Between the Necessary and the PopularFeb 14, 2024 11:17 am - Civil War lore has it that after Gen. Ulysses S. Grant turned the Union's lackluster war performance around, his critics complained to President Abraham Lincoln about Gra...