Articles filed under Commentary
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Banned books, newspapers, some personal history and the value of opennessOct 05, 2023 1:00 am - Here in the midst of National Banned Books Week - not irrelevantly also National Newspaper Week -, I come in praise of my high school English teacher. I have had many oc...
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'Good government' is a two-way streetOct 05, 2023 1:00 am - You've undoubtedly noticed how up-in-arms everyone becomes when the government is on the verge of shutting down. I've also noticed that the people who most loudly expres...
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Watch out for Nikki HaleyOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - With Donald Trump facing 91 counts, and Ron DeSantis flailing, more attention is being paid to Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador who ha...
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The problems with net zeroOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - Net zero is in trouble. In utterly predictable trouble, in the king's-wearing-no-clothes trouble. The signs are all around. Governments from coastal America to Communist...
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Joe Biden's intentional crisisOct 03, 2023 1:00 am - Syndicated columnist The continuing incursion of illegal border crossers into the United States is the most astonishing story in American politics. There have been days...
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Flop House: The GOP's 'impeachment inquiry' lays an eggOct 03, 2023 1:00 am - The tip-off that House Republicans' cobbled-together opening of their "impeachment inquiry" into President Joe Biden was going to flop came last Wednesday, the day befor...
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Managing U.S. budget is more than just spending or cuttingOct 01, 2023 1:00 am - If you Google "U.S. federal budget calculator," you will find a number of sites that allow you to play Budget God and decide how the federal budget might be brought into...
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Solving America's housing woes or making them worse?Oct 01, 2023 1:00 am - America needs more housing. Pressure for reform is only growing as available homes get less and less affordable. Unfortunately, rather than addressing the root cause of ...
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Justice Kagan speaks outSep 29, 2023 1:00 am - Justice Elena Kagan, the former dean of Harvard Law School, weighed in last week publicly on what is really a crisis facing the United States Supreme Court. The crisis c...
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The problem with being Mike PenceSep 29, 2023 1:00 am - Mike Pence is polling under 5% in the RealClearPolitics polling average; that low number placed the former vice president at a far end on the Fox Business News debate st...