Syndicated Columnists
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Biden being trumped in the polls and story tellingDec 25, 2023 8:21 pm - A sign in Bill Clinton's election headquarters back in 1992 reminded his campaign team that the key issue was "the economy, stupid." The words captured a cliche -- that A...
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Congress, here are two bipartisan gift ideas for our childrenDec 23, 2023 12:00 am - As the festive season approaches, with its twinkling lights and merry carols, the item topping my Christmas wish list is fiscal responsibility from Congress and the admin...
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Nikki Haley, Donald Trump and ‘chaos follows him’Dec 22, 2023 3:15 am - Like all the Republican candidates for president, Nikki Haley is trying to find the secret formula for running against Donald Trump. The most recent Fox News national pol...
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Journalism, a reckoningDec 22, 2023 1:00 am - You know journalism is flailing when Economist columnist James Bennet writes a piece that pretty much blew up his old home. The headline: "When the New York Times lost it...
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When it comes to current events, best to learn before shoutingDec 20, 2023 12:43 pm - H.G. Wells, the novelist who wrote "The Time Machine" and "The War of the Worlds" at the end of the 19th century, figured human history was "a race between education and ...
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The decline and fall of 'America's Mayor'Dec 20, 2023 12:43 pm - A federal jury on Friday returned a verdict awarding plaintiffs Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, $148.17 million in damages in their defamation trial ...
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The intellectual elite’s institutional rotDec 20, 2023 8:17 am - Institutional rot. That's the verdict recorded in recent days on the performance of leading institutions by observers not known for pessimistic temperaments or alarmist a...
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Immunity disorder: The man who would be king comes out and says soDec 20, 2023 2:00 am - BY JEFF ROBBINS Syndicated columnist "There's a recklessness in the air in America" was the elegant yet apt way ABC News journalist Terry Moran put it on Friday evening. ...
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A proposal for Rosa Parks DayDec 18, 2023 11:04 am - The first day of December marked the 68th anniversary of Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat to a White man on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. That simple but defi...
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If you ignore it, guess who votesDec 18, 2023 10:57 am - When I was in high school, my late mother was a receptionist in a dentist's office. Over her desk was a poster that said, "If you ignore your teeth, they'll go away." It'...