Articles filed under Commentary
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Congress can redeem itself by calling for helpNov 14, 2023 12:00 am - There's much talk today about the need for a fiscal commission. The House Budget Committee held a hearing about it a few weeks ago. Pundits are Substacking about whether...
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The power of the abortion issueNov 12, 2023 12:00 am - Syndicated columnist For Democrats who are worried about the 2024 election, and plenty of us are, the results on Tuesday had to be encouraging. For decades, Democrats h...
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Teachable moments and the role of blame in public discourseNov 12, 2023 12:00 am - For those of us who came of age on a university campus during the Vietnam War, the turmoil we see today on America's campuses is both familiar and nonetheless different ...
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Three reasons Trump is leading BidenNov 10, 2023 12:00 am - The entire Democratic political establishment freaked out recently when The New York Times published a story headlined, "Trump Leads in 5 Critical States as Voters Blast...
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Bit of blackmail: The Hamas lobby tells Biden to bend, or elseNov 09, 2023 12:00 am - In the stiff competition to produce the least credible members of Congress, the Republican Party's leading entrants are Reps. George Santos and Marjorie Taylor Greene, a...
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Is a Trump renomination really inevitable?Nov 09, 2023 12:00 am - Is it inevitable that Donald Trump will be the second person in history - Richard Nixon was the first - to win the Republican Party's nomination for president three time...
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Extremism, nostalgia, sports - the dwindling acts of faith in AmericaNov 09, 2023 12:00 am - Some habits are hard to break. Smoking. Drinking. Drugs. Some habits, once broken, are hard to pick up again. Voting. Going to church on Sunday. Reading a daily newspape...
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Where skinny dipping meets the skinny on news decisionsNov 09, 2023 12:00 am - I have a pretty good feeling that if I told you this column were about the best places to go skinny dipping in Illinois, you'd be more inclined to read it, even if that ...
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Meta lawsuit ignites discussion of social media's mental health impact on youthNov 08, 2023 12:00 am - Meta, formerly known as Facebook, Inc., is being sued by a bipartisan group of 42 attorneys general who are alleging that the algorithms and notifications on its social ...
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Responsible government isn't just for the tough timesNov 08, 2023 12:00 am - Some policy experts who, over the last few decades, saw little need for serious fiscal austerity because the government could borrow at low interest rates are now changi...