Articles filed under Commentary
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The real women's marchFeb 20, 2018 12:00 am - Tamika Mallory, an African-American who leads the national Women's March, declared at a rally in Las Vegas last month: "Stand up for me, white women ... You say you want...
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Ending the Chicago massacre will require miracles of mercyFeb 20, 2018 12:00 am - On the same day as the Parkland school shooting, I found myself on the south side of Chicago, talking with the victims and perpetrators of a different, continuing massac...
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Common-sense flood reforms would save lives and billions of dollarsFeb 19, 2018 12:00 am - The devastation of Hurricanes Irma, Harvey, and Maria have made it painfully clear that common sense flood reforms are a necessity. Earlier this year, NOAA reported tha...
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America withdraws as the Middle East burnsFeb 18, 2018 12:00 am - There's a lot to be optimistic about today. In almost every part of the world, economies are growing and war, poverty and disease are receding. But then there is the Mid...
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Same questions, same answers - but hope in a teen's cameraFeb 18, 2018 12:00 am - It was a profoundly poignant image: Thirty to 40 teens huddled together in a small dark room, their downturned faces illuminated by cellphones as they learned about an a...
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Signs of hope in a new era of realismFeb 16, 2018 12:00 am - We are beginning to see, I hope, what it means to be an American citizen: you can't be too dogmatic, and we need to accept differences and extend to everyone the opportu...
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Infrastructure spending won't transform AmericaFeb 16, 2018 12:00 am - "MASON CITY. To get there you follow Highway 58, going northeast out of the city, and it is a good highway and new." - Robert Penn Warren, "All the King's Men" (1946) Ap...
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Russia, elections and the invasion of the botsFeb 15, 2018 12:00 am - If you want to know whether Democrats will take back the House and/or Senate in November, just ask Russia. Or rather, ask the Russian trolls who have triumphed in dissem...
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What explains the FBI's deep faith in trump dossier author?Feb 14, 2018 12:00 am - One of the most remarkable take-aways from the new documents released in the Trump-Russia investigation is the degree to which FBI officials were determined to believe T...
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The rule of law is what's at stakeFeb 13, 2018 12:00 am - "I think it's a disgrace, what's happening in our country," President Donald Trump declared recently. "A lot of people should be ashamed of themselves, and much worse th...