Articles filed under Commentary
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U.S., Japan statement important for Taiwan securityApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - By Arthur I. Cyr Guest columnist The April 16 meeting at the White House between U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga underscored the stro...
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Victims of 2017 shooting at softball field deserve better answers from FBIApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - On June 14, 2017, a team of Republican lawmakers went to an athletic field in Alexandria, Virginia, to practice for the annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity. A...
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There's much to be uneasy about as U.S. leaves AfghanistanApr 28, 2021 1:00 am - I heard a story while at National Defense University about a corporal who said that fighting in Afghanistan was "like fighting in the Bible." To be sure, parts of Afghan...
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Balogna slicing and free speech rightsApr 28, 2021 1:00 am - In January, Simon & Schuster canceled its agreement to publish a book, presumably a memoir-cum-political pandemic, by Sen. Josh Hawley. Last week, in response to interna...
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Finally, the facts about a Capitol riot casualtyApr 27, 2021 1:00 am - It took nearly three and a half months for the District of Columbia medical examiner's office to announce a cause of death for Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who...
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For Blacks in Ohio, too much on top of more than one can bearApr 27, 2021 1:00 am - It's Wednesday morning. I sign into the eighth one-on-one student videoconference but immediately see that, on this call, with this cherished student, there's no oxygen ...
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Celebrate Fair Housing Month by passing a billApr 26, 2021 1:00 am - Throughout the last year, from the COVID-19 pandemic to the once-in-a-generation push for civil rights of 2020, one key principle has remained at the fore: equity. The t...
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If all the world's a stage, COVID-19 is writing the scriptApr 25, 2021 1:00 am - The 9/11 attacks gave us the heightened security theater now on display in all U.S. airports. Day after day for the last two decades, Transportation Security Administrat...
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The ebbing of 'the misperception that bigotry is everywhere'Apr 25, 2021 1:00 am - How will future historians explain this? From 2001 to 2014, majorities of Americans, including supermajorities of Blacks and non-Hispanic whites, told Gallup pollsters t...
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Walter Mondale: Behind a great manApr 23, 2021 1:00 am - I spent the 1984 presidential campaign in the seat behind former Vice President Walter Mondale. From nomination to landslide defeat, I was there, right behind him, givin...