Articles filed under Commentary
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Biden stays the course on Trump's immigration, trade and industrial policiesMar 19, 2021 11:00 pm - Several of my friends have expressed relief now that Joe Biden is president and Donald Trump is gone. They no longer have to watch the news constantly, declaring that th...
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Caring is also part of the endorsement processMar 18, 2021 1:00 am - Have you awakened in the middle of the night recently, unable to get back to sleep because you don't know which village board or school board candidate to vote for? Some...
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First grade, pandemic styleMar 17, 2021 1:00 am - My dearest friend has grandchildren. We are giving her daughter a day off, which is to say, a day to work nonstop at only one job. School starts at 9 a.m.: fourth grade ...
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Biden's migrant blackoutMar 17, 2021 1:00 am - Is there something missing from press coverage of the thousands of unaccompanied children who have illegally crossed the U.S. border from Mexico and are now in the custo...
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Biden moves forward with open-doors immigration policy. Why?Mar 14, 2021 12:00 am - "BIDEN," say the young demonstrators' T-shirts, imitating his campaign logo, "PLEASE LET US IN!" The picture ran in The New York Times, but one wonders whether whoever p...
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Give your money to the undeserving poorMar 14, 2021 12:00 am - Back in the ancient times, when our ancestors smoked nonfilter cigarettes and were sometimes shot for trying to form a union, there was a group of people called "the des...
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The ones who have yet to dieMar 12, 2021 12:00 am - By Susan Estrich In driving down Main Street in Santa Monica on Saturday night, you might think the pandemic is over everywhere, with people drinking and laughing, line...
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On the pursuit of tyrannical policies and zero-risk societiesMar 12, 2021 12:00 am - A lot has been said about the harm to people resulting from government lockdowns imposed in the name of fighting COVID-19. However, lockdowns aren't the only misguided p...
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Why the Cuomo case drives Republicans crazyMar 11, 2021 12:00 am - Things are looking worse by the hour for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Recently, a fourth, and then a fifth, woman came forward to accuse him of inappropriate behavior. At...
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What foreign policy can look likeMar 11, 2021 12:00 am - We often think of foreign and domestic policy as two separate and distinct fields. But for an American president, they are inextricably tied together. And as the Biden a...