Articles filed under Commentary
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Turkey and Europe: A complicated relationshipApr 26, 2017 1:00 am - In May 2007, I had a fascinating interview with Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey's capital of Ankara. He was only the prime minister then, but just as suave and apparently...
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Environmentalists are dead wrongApr 26, 2017 1:00 am - Each year, Earth Day is accompanied by predictions of doom. Let's take a look at past predictions to determine just how much confidence we can have in today's environmen...
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Trump's reality showApr 25, 2017 1:00 am - If President Trump were starring in a new reality show - which, of course, he is - here's a possible title: "The Real World." Washington is awash with commentary that th...
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State needs to protect citizens' privacy onlineApr 24, 2017 1:00 am - As technology's hyper-evolution has persisted over the last 20 years, law enforcement tactics have slowly followed. In 11 years as sheriff of America's second-largest co...
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Mayor's humor not welcomed in long-running road battleApr 23, 2017 2:00 am - John Schmitt fell into the proverbial hornet's nest with what he thought was a bit of self-deprecating humor. After a federal judge ordered a stop-work order on the cont...
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Trump's critics are playing into his handApr 23, 2017 1:00 am - For those of us convinced that Donald Trump's defects of character, lack of knowledge, encouragement of social division and disregard for democratic norms outweigh any g...
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On North Korea: Bluster in search of strategyApr 23, 2017 1:00 am - Every American administration takes a while to settle into a basic approach to the world. President Trump's team has had a rockier start than most, with many important p...
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O'Reilly's Ouster Is No Victory for WomenApr 21, 2017 1:00 am - Bill O'Reilly is finally out at Fox. But let's not kid ourselves about the reason. Last summer, 21st Century Fox and the Murdoch family that controls it forced out Fox N...
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Murder while you watchApr 21, 2017 1:00 am - The Facebook video of a homicide was surely inevitable. This isn't the same as saying that video murders soon will become all the rage, but it was more likely to happen...
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A reminder that humankind's finest impulses show in all generationsApr 20, 2017 1:00 am - It seems to be a routine function of the generations to disparage the young. I don't share this inclination, or at least I try to resist it. One reason? Show choir. Not...