Articles filed under Commentary
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Guest columnist Ralph Martire: State's school-funding success shows value of bi-partisanshipDec 02, 2022 12:00 am - Designing sound public policies to address fundamental societal needs has always been, at best, difficult. Much of this difficulty traditionally stems from three causes....
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: A dearth - or death - of charm in the CapitolDec 02, 2022 12:00 am - By Jamie Stiehm I wished the Oklahoma Republican senator well in retirement and reminded him of a trip we took years ago when he was a freshman senator, and I was a roo...
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Good news may not sell, but we can't do without itDec 01, 2022 12:00 am - A line in a note from a reader about my column last week focusing on good news stories has stuck with me. Fred Dryden, of Huntley, began his email with a reflection on t...
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Guest Columnist Arthur I. Cyr: A blocked Florida law and attempts to dictate expressionDec 01, 2022 12:00 am - Florida Republicans, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, have just won big in the election but also suffered a major loss in court. Citing "1984," George Orwell's classic novel...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Keep the statute of limitations - for women's sakeDec 01, 2022 12:00 am - Forget the statute of limitations in New York. On Thanksgiving, the Empire State's Adult Survivors Act became law - which gives adults who were sexually assaulted outsid...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Trump gets played in Mar-A-Lago dinnerNov 30, 2022 12:00 am - What is sure to be one of the weirder moments of the 2024 presidential campaign has just taken place before the campaign is even fully under way. Here is the short vers...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: The two parties are not the sameNov 30, 2022 12:00 am - Sixty is the magic number to beat a filibuster in the United States Senate. Sixty votes means a bill is on its way to becoming law, at least as far as the Senate is conc...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Giving thanks for 'low-skilled' workersNov 27, 2022 12:00 am - On Thanksgiving we rightly give thanks. And let's be clear that, amid all the turmoil that consumes daily headlines, we Americans do indeed have a lot to be thankful for...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: In quest to get Trump, secrecy strikes againNov 25, 2022 12:00 am - Think back five years to the frenzy of news reporting and commentary over what was called Trump-Russia "collusion" - the allegation that the 2016 Trump campaign conspire...
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Guest Columnist Arthur I. Cyr: Thanksgiving and Lincoln's legacyNov 25, 2022 12:00 am - Thanksgiving means actual, not contrived, inclusiveness. President Abraham Lincoln profoundly demonstrates this fundamental point. On Oct. 3, 1863, the White House issue...