Syndicated Columnists
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Backlash, anyone? The partisan efforts to keep Trump off ballotsJan 05, 2024 2:00 am - Former President Donald Trump's legal battle with Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows fits a pattern that played through 2023. It's complicated -- and so in the weeds...
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Uncomfortable questions that might help us understand issues in the newsJan 05, 2024 12:15 am - When I read many news stories about controversies these days, I often make a judgment supporting one side or another and then ask myself a question that, also often, make...
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Three economic myths to put to rest this yearJan 04, 2024 10:45 pm - As a new year dawns, it's customary to reflect on the past and set resolutions for the future. This year, let's resolve to greet three widespread claims with healthy dose...
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Genocide jujitsu: The Hamas lobby flips the factsJan 04, 2024 2:00 am - Nearly 80 years after the defeat of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler's Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda remains the go-to source for how-to advice on large-scale...
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Biden has fallen so hard in the polls, he may not be able to get upJan 03, 2024 2:00 am - In an interview with the Financial Times, the longtime Washington political analyst Charlie Cook noted that President Joe Biden's job approval rating has been stuck below...
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How Hamas weaponized sexual violenceJan 03, 2024 2:00 am - That is what The New York Times called it after a two-month investigation in which they reviewed video and photographic evidence, and interviewed some 150 people: "weapon...
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The tyranny of the Phillips CurveJan 02, 2024 2:45 am - Repeat after me, class: Growth does NOT cause inflation. Write it on the blackboard 100 times. For decades, the economics profession has been trying to tell us all just t...
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Choosing the ‘good part’ in 2024Jan 02, 2024 1:00 am - As 2023 draws to a close, one of the things that I improved this year was my time management. I was much better organized with my work schedule in terms of outside writin...
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American Muslims struggling to find their placeJan 01, 2024 1:00 am - Living as a Muslim in America in the past few weeks has been sobering and depressing. Muslim and Arab families when they get together share their nightmares of seeing sco...
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Statues have limitationsDec 31, 2023 1:30 am - Being an American of working-class origins, I've lived most of my life among people who say "statue of limitations" instead of "statute of limitations." That's OK. I alwa...