Articles filed under Commentary
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We're all in this togetherMay 06, 2018 1:00 am - Our republic is under stress. So much so, in fact, that if you're not worried about its future, you probably haven't been paying attention. What makes me say this? Our p...
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A contempt for science can have a human costMay 06, 2018 1:00 am - In keeping with our era of ideological boycotts, I will no longer be purchasing Kind bars. Or Barilla pasta. Or Triscuit crackers. Or Del Monte diced tomatoes. Or Nutro ...
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Trump deserves due credit in Korea storyMay 04, 2018 1:00 am - At the height of the excitement last week over the real possibility of transformation on the Korean Peninsula, a colleague of mine - a man well-informed but inflamed wit...
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Why Trump is manufacturing an immigration crisisMay 04, 2018 1:00 am - Donald Trump has claimed that the group of migrants that recently made its way from Central America to the United States symbolizes out-of-control immigration, lawlessne...
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How the quest for pain relief led to today's opioid crisisMay 03, 2018 1:00 am - The opioid epidemic is currently the country's most serious public health problem. Opioids are responsible for more than 80 percent of U.S. drug overdoses, and annually,...
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Democrats and the Trump impeachment trapMay 03, 2018 1:00 am - George W. Bush was in terrible political shape in the spring of 2006. The Iraq war was going disastrously, and voters were tired of the president, whose job approval rat...
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Saboteur in charge of protecting environmentMay 03, 2018 1:00 am - Lavish travel for fossil fuel companies, expensive personal security, exorbitant raises for pet employees, a $43,000 sound-proof booth, and energy lobbyist housing-It wo...
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Rail issues are important policy issues for IllinoisMay 02, 2018 1:00 am - On Wednesday, March 7, I had the opportunity to visit Washington, D.C., to participate in this year's Railroad Day on Capitol Hill. I was proud to join rail representati...
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An assassin in Wolf's clothingMay 02, 2018 1:00 am - PAWLEY'S ISLAND, S.C. - When I moved to Washington several years ago, a D.C. veteran whispered a warning that she had learned from her father: New York is tough, but Was...
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America needs a restoration of rhetoricMay 01, 2018 1:00 am - On a Saturday night in April, the rhetoric of our historical era reached a culminating, symbolic moment. In Washington, D.C. - at the White House Correspondents' Associ...