Articles filed under Commentary
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Does Joe Biden feel lucky?Jan 14, 2022 12:00 am - President Joe Biden went to Atlanta Tuesday to push for passage of what Democrats hail as "voting rights" legislation. The speech prompted pundits to question the wisdom...
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How your boss will save your lifeJan 14, 2022 12:00 am - I've been through this before. Here's how it's gonna go. When I first started working in newsrooms 40 years ago, not only could you smoke, you could put 'em out on the f...
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Bruce and Barack: Cool dudes on the state of the nationJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - By Jamie Stiehm Who would you rather hang with, Bruce Springsteen or Barack Obama? Luckily, you don't have to choose, because Bruce and Barack have a bestselling book, ...
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A resolution for the Biden administrationJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - The new year often feels like an opportunity to correct past mistakes - for example, improving one's diet or quitting smoking. This explains why 25% of Americans, and 40...
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The next year of COVID-19Jan 12, 2022 12:00 am - The year began with such great optimism when it came to COVID-19. Science had produced a miracle or, rather, multiple miracles named Pfizer and Moderna and Johnson & Joh...
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Workin' for a livin'Jan 11, 2022 12:00 am - After doing an hourlong local news podcast, which is not as much fun as you'd think, I got off what I laughingly call "work" and headed to a local liquor store. It was p...
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The John Lindsay DemocratsJan 11, 2022 12:00 am - One way to anticipate what may be ahead in politics is to gauge the balance of power in the nation's two political parties. The Republican Party has always been centered...
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One year laterJan 09, 2022 12:00 am - Banned from social media, impeached for a second time, former President Donald Trump might have disappeared in the sunset. And there are days when it almost seems as if ...
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How other nations see Americans affects our interestsJan 07, 2022 12:00 am - In 1959, the officials of the National Security Council met to discuss Cyprus. The small Mediterranean island nation was about to become independent from Great Britain, ...
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Chicago teachers create an opening for vouchersJan 07, 2022 12:00 am - Tuesday, 73% of Chicago teachers voted to compel their school district to ditch classroom instruction in favor of remote learning because of COVID-19. So, it's official:...