Keith Peterson
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Can we still focus on what matters in the presidential campaign?Jul 17, 2024 4:00 am - On Oct. 21, 1944, President Franklin Roosevelt motored through the five boroughs of New York City in an open car as a pelting rain fell throughout the day. There were a c...
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No time to waste in solving Social Security crisisJun 29, 2024 3:05 pm - In Thursday night’s presidential debate — such that it was — the moderators asked each candidate what they would do to shore up Social Security. President Biden responded...
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The GOP cynicism on border policyJun 08, 2024 2:30 pm - Guest columnist Keith Peterson: When Donald Trump told Republicans to kill the bipartisan immigration bill — even though its primary author was conservative GOP Senator James Lankford — many Republicans argued that the bill was unnecessary because President Biden had it within his power to fix the border by himself.
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On disinformation: Mirroring the past, but harder to fightMay 22, 2024 4:07 pm - In my first diplomatic posting, one of my first tasks was to pay a call on a Bangladeshi publisher whose newspaper had printed a story that the AIDS virus had been manufa...
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Lessons in history of Cyprus for world conflicts of todayMay 11, 2024 2:00 pm - I find myself this morning back in Cyprus where I am talking about the work of the Fulbright Commission that did what it could to bridge the divide on this island between...
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The craven sideshows that are taking over U.S. foreign policyApr 11, 2024 11:49 am - On Jan. 10, the Senate passed a bipartisan package of foreign assistance for Ukraine, for both Israel and for Palestinians, and for Taiwan. Since then, there has been a s...
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Our baseball story starts with Wrigley Field’s outfield wallMar 28, 2024 6:00 am - In March 1922, my father arrived in Chicago from Sweden, a month shy of his 20th birthday. He initially stayed with his faster (aunt), and in a letter to his parents he wrote that he was told that he could find every kind of work. All he had to do was choose.
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EVs and the odd pattern of choosing a car based on politicsMar 23, 2024 2:25 pm - I am of an age when a big Friday night in high school was driving from Antioch down to Waukegan and “scooping the loop” on Genesee Street — think “American Graffiti” Midw...
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Post Snoozer Tuesday reflections on what ‘pivotal’ means in politicsMar 07, 2024 3:38 pm - Pundits did not call the 15 primary elections this past week “Snoozer” Tuesday for nothing, Oh, the broadcast media did their best to call the night “pivotal” and, of cou...
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House action could achieve something where words are failing on Ukraine aidFeb 24, 2024 1:49 pm - Finding the right words is important. They provide clarity, while the wrong words create confusion and distortions that obscure the truth. A story — of dubious veracity —...