Articles filed under Commentary
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The center is missingAug 05, 2016 1:00 am - Many years ago, when Chile was deep into one of Latin America's most profound conflicts between democracy and communism, I became friends with - and was filled with admi...
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Fox and friends with benefitsAug 04, 2016 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - No one would mistake Roger Ailes for a ladies man, at least not without a fistful of dollars - or a garter belt. So emerges a fresh image of the man who cr...
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Slusher: Expansion reflects, reinforces commitment to communityAug 04, 2016 1:00 am - The quote that is probably best known when referring to the Daily Herald's mission is Hosea Paddock's objective to "Fear God, tell the truth and make money" that tops ou...
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It's not too late to repudiate - and it could regain soul of GOPAug 03, 2016 1:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Every nation has sacred places, where history has stopped and lingered, and visitors are hushed by memories of redemptive sacrifice. One is the balcony...
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Khizr Khan, Donald Trump, and the debate over Muslim immigrationAug 03, 2016 1:00 am - There's a sensation building over the Democratic convention speech of Khizr Khan, a Pakistani-born Virginia lawyer whose son Humayun was killed in action while serving a...
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For Trump, NATO membership comes with strings attachedAug 02, 2016 1:00 am - Once in a while, in political campaigns filled with "definitive" incidents, there is one event that stands out as truly defining the character of the political figure in...
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Trump dishonors the ultimate sacrificeAug 02, 2016 1:00 am - By Richard Cohen Donald Trump betrays the betrayed. In his acceptance speech at the Republican convention, Trump accurately and forcibly identified his core constituenc...
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Stopgap spending plan a necessary evilAug 01, 2016 1:00 am - At the end of June, the General Assembly and governor agreed on a partial spending plan for state operations. The plan was a mishmash of spending covering FY'16 and FY'...
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Not a Democrat, but certainly not a RepublicanJul 31, 2016 1:00 am - By Kathleen Parker PHILADELPHIA - A longtime Republican friend texted just as the Democratic National Convention was burying itself in balloons: "I'm sorry," she said,...
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It's Clinton, not Trump, who's replaying the Nixon scenarioJul 31, 2016 1:00 am - In Philadelphia, Hillary Clinton faced three separate goals: 1. She needed the convention to tread the political needle to soothe Bernie Sanders delegates hurt feelings;...