Syndicated Columnists
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'Shirley' portrays the power of compassionate leadership in politicsApr 08, 2024 12:23 pm - One of the recently released spring biopics that I looked forward to is the Netflix film on Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman to be elected to Congress i...
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A severe absence of ratsApr 08, 2024 12:10 pm - Sitting in courtrooms isn't an art. It is the process of hibernation, being asleep enough not to hear everything but awake enough to hear anything important. It is the li...
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Courts and gagging Donald TrumpApr 05, 2024 11:18 am - Back in 2020, the daughter of the judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money trial in New York worked for a digital advertising firm that was involved in then Sen. Ka...
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Washington's 'job creation' circus is hitting the roadApr 05, 2024 11:15 am - In the grand circus of politics, where elephants and donkeys alike perform under the big top, there's one act that never fails to draw a crowd: the venerable “job creatio...
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The Sioux in the U.S. and the Jews in Israel are both Indigenous peoplesApr 05, 2024 4:00 am - The Sioux Nation stretched over much of the Great Plains before the westward push of settlers after the Civil War encroached on their lands. Given that history, it's natu...
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Border is the big issue for 2024Apr 05, 2024 4:00 am - Former President Donald Trump has a new cause, “migrant crime,” and a new slogan, “Stop Biden's Border Bloodbath,” as he noted during a speech in Grand Rapids, Michigan. ...
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When a 'difficult conversation' threatens free speechApr 04, 2024 4:00 am - Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland is perhaps the leading Trump inquisitor in the House of Representatives. He led one impeachment, played a key role in another and...
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Today's leaders are not living up to constitutional normsApr 04, 2024 3:30 am - How are America's leaders measuring up against the standards set by the Constitution and the examples of the Founding Fathers? It's a question I've been asking as I seek ...
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Mourning Joe: Losing Lieberman, we lose a principled independentApr 03, 2024 4:00 am - In the summer of 1997, the Republican-controlled Senate Governmental Affairs Committee was investigating whether the Clinton-Gore White House and the Democratic National ...
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Americans can tell the difference between rosy economic data and realityApr 03, 2024 4:00 am - The economy is growing, unemployment is low, wages are up and inflation is down. However, the American people remain grumpy about the state of the economy. This puzzle wa...