Articles filed under Commentary
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Saunders: The way to cut tuition is to cut spiraling costs of collegeAug 22, 2021 1:00 am - By Debra J. Saunders President Joe Biden and Democrats want to lower the cost of higher education by increasing Pell Grants and forgiving student debt. Biden wants to f...
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Robbins: Freedom of speech gets squeezed from both sidesAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - "When I was a kid, I was shy," Ira Glasser, the longtime head of the American Civil Liberties Union, told a Canton, Massachusetts, audience last week. It seemed hard to...
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Estrich: House could Cuomo be so out of touch?Aug 20, 2021 1:00 am - By Susan Estrich According to The New York Times, the soon-to-be former governor of New York is sitting on $18 million in campaign cash - with nothing to run for, a fir...
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Why 2020 was uniqueAug 19, 2021 1:00 am - There's a fascinating question in a new Fox News poll that suggests the political dynamics at work in 2022 and 2024 will be far different from 2020. If that is the case,...
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The United Federal Administrative Units of America?Aug 17, 2021 1:00 am - Warnings that state and local governments faced a fiscal calamity were predictably plentiful when it became clear in early 2020 that COVID-19 would cause major social an...
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Contact with the West has influenced Afghanistan - but will it be enough?Aug 17, 2021 1:00 am - President Bush and particularly Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld were adamant that we would not get involved in nation building in Afghanistan - and then we did. Presid...
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Illinois' congressional map drawing does not need to be contentiousAug 16, 2021 1:00 am - The Census Bureau has released detailed census data that will permit every state to redraw their congressional maps. Illinois' decrease in population since 2010 means th...
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California liberals flunking first test of governmentAug 15, 2021 1:00 am - Will Gov. Gavin Newsom be the second Democratic California governor to be recalled and removed from office in this (or the last) century? Polls suggest that's one possib...
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Good for the NFLAug 15, 2021 1:00 am - By Susan Estrich The new policy of the NFL, widely reported in recent weeks, hits players and teams exactly where it hurts. If there is an outbreak among unvaccinated p...
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Beware the street-name policeAug 13, 2021 1:00 am - Old Town is a historic corner of Alexandria, Virginia, rich with historic homes inhabited by many of Washington, D.C.'s managing class. Alexandria voted overwhelmingly f...