Keith Peterson
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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 —...
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On this there’s no argument: Politics killed a sound immigration dealFeb 10, 2024 3:17 pm - One could argue, as the Wall Street Journal editorial page did, that the Senate border security bill, so painfully negotiated, was the “most conservative” such bill in de...
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Mideast Sisyphus: The diplomatic hill Blinken, Burns must climbJan 30, 2024 11:55 am - Pity Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and CIA Director Bill Burns. They have been plunged into the caldron that is the Middle East and now face the Sisyphean task of tr...