Articles filed under Commentary
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Of agents and hostages and a dream of eternal awesomenessMay 15, 2018 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - There he was, the president of the United States, greeting the three American hostages who had just stepped back on U.S. soil after being released by North ...
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Nicaragua is trouble on our doorstepMay 15, 2018 5:00 am - WASHINGTON - When I covered the Nicaraguan revolution in 1979, I spent many days that summer after the fighting was over chatting casually with Daniel Ortega and the res...
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To Class of 2018: Why manufacturing jobs are a great career optionMay 14, 2018 1:00 am - Dear High School Seniors: Graduation is right around the corner and many young people are making plans to head to college, a trade school or perhaps the military this fa...
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Seeking a humane end for horsesMay 11, 2018 1:00 am - CAMDEN, S.C. - When Justify barreled across the finish line to win the rain-drenched Kentucky Derby on Saturday, he was notably clean - free of the mud that covered the ...
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Time to end the crazy secrecy of Trump-Russia investigationMay 11, 2018 1:00 am - On Jan. 24, 2017, then-national security adviser Michael Flynn was questioned by the FBI in his White House office. The session, focusing on Flynn's transition talks wit...
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Faith requires us to be outraged at every violation of human dignityMay 10, 2018 1:00 am - Evangelical Protestantism, thank God, is experiencing its own version of a #MeToo moment. Dr. Paige Patterson - head of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and ic...
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Slusher: The power of the press - and its limitsMay 10, 2018 1:00 am - Google "the power of the press" and you'll get thousands of responses - many extolling the ability of mass media to effect change by influencing public opinion, a growin...
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The Haspel nomination is a moral issue because it's a tough choiceMay 09, 2018 1:00 am - The argument against Gina Haspel's nomination to be CIA director is simple and, in some ways, compelling: The Senate shouldn't approve someone who was involved, however ...
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Paul Ryan's failed exorcismMay 08, 2018 1:00 am - Given the cornucopia of issues Americans have to select from each day, the recent firing and rehiring of the House of Representatives' chaplain may not have bestirred ma...
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The three real steps Illinois should take on workers' compMay 07, 2018 1:00 am - Now that Illinois' contentious primaries are over, state lawmakers have an opportunity to get back to business and tackle the litany of financial woes affecting the stat...