Articles filed under Commentary
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Divided government is good. In 2023, bipartisanship would be better.Oct 16, 2022 1:00 am - The upcoming midterm election has got me thinking about divided government. In normal times, the prospect of newly shared power in Washington might have me looking forwa...
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Guest Nneka Jones Tapia: Holistic safety strategies will improve jail conditions - for everybodyOct 13, 2022 1:00 am - Every day, millions of incarcerated people are fighting to survive the trauma that occurs in America's jails and prisons. However, they aren't the only ones affected by ...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: The election deniersOct 12, 2022 1:00 am - In an important survey, The Washington Post found that a majority of Republican nominees on the ballot for Senate, House and key statewide offices deny the results of th...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Republicans and bias in midterm pollsOct 12, 2022 1:00 am - Republicans always believe the polls are slanted against them. That belief has sometimes caused them to misread big political races. In 2012, for example, a significant ...
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Guest columnist Cristóbal Cavazos: Let's do more to nurture, sustain our Indigenous rootsOct 11, 2022 1:00 am - Let the tree of America reflect all of the world, but the trunk must be Indigenous, to paraphrase the great Cuban author, philosopher and independence fighter José Martí...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: It's a hinge year in history - for Russia and ChinaOct 09, 2022 1:00 am - Will 2022 turn out be a hinge year, as a moment when long-standing trends in geopolitics suddenly shifted in a different direction? This week, two important writers, one...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Are deficits actually going down?Oct 09, 2022 1:00 am - By Veronique de Rugy The president is annoyed. A week ago, during a speech to the Congressional Black Caucus, he complained that "I'm so sick of Republicans saying we'r...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: First the pandemic, then the purgeOct 07, 2022 1:00 am - "The pandemic is over, but the purge continues," Stephen Crampton, senior counsel for the conservative Thomas More Society told me. We were talking about Zach Loesch, a ...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Truman walks in, Hamilton moves outOct 07, 2022 1:00 am - Bye, Alexander Hamilton, you're out. Harry Truman, you're in. The gorgeous Capitol Rotunda statues are so heavy that if one arrives, one must go. Presidents take precede...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Joe Biden, the 82 year-old candidateOct 06, 2022 1:00 am - There's a new report from NBC News that President Joe Biden has told a confidant - the Rev. Al Sharpton, of all people - that he will run for reelection in 2024. It's no...