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Masks off: The Hamas defense forces show the unmistakable bigotry on the left
Dec 8, 2023 1:00 AM - Syndicated columnist Jeff Robbins: In the eight weeks since 3,000 Hamas terrorists invaded Israel and slaughtered 1,200 Israelis and mutilated 5,800 others, it's become clear that Hamas' purpose was not merely genocidal. -
What should happen when fuel-efficient vehicles take over the roads
Dec 8, 2023 1:00 AM - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: The government has a dilemma: It's pushing hard for fuel-efficient vehicles, but gas taxes pay for roads. -
The life and legacy of Henry Kissinger
Dec 7, 2023 12:53 PM - The death of Henry Kissinger, after literally a century of remarkably active and effective life, provides an opportunity to reflect on his importance for his adopted United States and the world at large. Master strategist, successful policy leader, dedicated public official, ruthless power player, disciplined author and scholar, relentless publicity-seeker -- these qualities and more describe a man whose historical impacts and significance are undeniable. His parents were Jewish school teachers in Bavaria who fled Nazi Germany with their sons in 1938 for an undeniably safer but also uncertain life in the United States. -
Liz Cheney for president?
Dec 7, 2023 1:00 AM - Syndicated columnist Byron York: Why would former Rep. Liz Cheney run for president? -
Why it's important to stop and honor sacred dates
Dec 7, 2023 1:00 AM - Columnist Jim Slusher: Today marks a sacred date in American history. It is not the only one. Why do we take pains to, in some fashion, acknowledge it in the public press every year?
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Orwell and Monroe got it right
Dec 6, 2023 7:59 AM - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: George Orwell, call your office. That's my initial and slightly out-of-date response to news stories about the Biden administration's efforts to stamp out "misinformation." -
'Settler colonialism' applies to this country, not that one
Dec 6, 2023 7:59 AM - There is a nation prominent on today's world stage whose origins are rooted in settler colonialism and white supremacy. No, it's not Israel. Though a proud American, I must confess with shame that it's the United States. First let's discuss Israel. American partisans of Palestinian Arabs accuse Israel of settler colonialism -- that the country has been populated by white Europeans who displaced Indigenous people of color. -
Appeals court decision on voting rights is a step backward
Dec 6, 2023 7:58 AM - Syndicated columnist Jessica A. Johnson: As I was reading about the current legal challenges regarding Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, I, and I'm sure many others, immediately thought about the triumphant Selma to Montgomery March in Alabama 58 years ago. -
School's out forever
Dec 6, 2023 7:58 AM - Woody Allen famously said, "Eighty percent of success is showing up." If he's right, that's bad news for some 30% of public-school students who, according to a recent study conducted by Stanford Professor Thomas Dee, were chronically absent in the school year that ended in 2022. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more school days during the school year. -
The children of BuddhaDec 6, 2023 7:56 AM - Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Buddha says don't fight back. Christ says the same thing. Both are widely ignored.
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