Articles filed under Commentary
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Tim Cook has earned his $99 million paydayFeb 22, 2022 12:00 am - The news that Apple CEO Tim Cook is looking at a payday of some $99 million has set tongues wagging, especially since the prestigious Institutional Shareholder Services ...
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How making bail determines your experience with our justice systemFeb 20, 2022 12:00 am - I was 19 years old when a car turned left in front of me without looking and I plowed into it. First responders placed me on a stretcher and loaded me into an ambulance....
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Can I ever fully be African American?Feb 20, 2022 12:00 am - The Daily Herald asked me at the beginning of February, Black History Month, to share some thoughts about being a Black woman in America. Over these last few weeks of co...
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Why experts should embrace humility after their inflation miscalculationFeb 18, 2022 12:00 am - As the greatest inflation spike of the last 50 years occurs, the utter failure of economists, their models and many pundits to foresee what was coming is worth highlight...
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Biden goes to Ohio, and other irrelevanciesFeb 18, 2022 12:00 am - The headlines about the polls are right, of course. President Joe Biden's approval rating is in the toilet, right down there with presidents who stumble into wars, hosta...
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Biden's perfect pick for the court may be right at handFeb 17, 2022 12:00 am - The first Black woman on the Supreme Court is justice delayed, and President Joe Biden - and the nominee - has the historical burden of presenting the perfect pick to th...
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Durham bottom line: Big Media was snookeredFeb 17, 2022 12:00 am - "Court Filing Started a Furor in Right-Wing Outlets, but Their Narrative Is Off Track," read The New York Times headline for a story about special counsel John Durham's ...
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Election integrity, the Electoral College and Mike PenceFeb 16, 2022 12:00 am - "President Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election." Former Vice President Mike Pence was clear, calm and accurate in this statement Feb. 4 while address...
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The first sign of giving upFeb 16, 2022 12:00 am - In the northeastern part of America, where I live happily with a wife, two cats and a snow shovel, governors are crooning softly to their constituents, telling them that...
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Lamentations about redistricting ending democracy prove hypocritical -- and wrongFeb 15, 2022 12:00 am - Masks were necessary, especially in schools, to prevent mass deaths. Or so we were told, at great and tedious length - until suddenly, in the last 10 days, they weren't....