Articles filed under Opinion
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Trump's Achilles' heelMar 02, 2016 12:00 am - By Donna Brazile A candidate who presents ideas from his or her best perspective represents campaigning at its ethical best. When two or more candidates do this, it allo...
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Changes in gratitude, changes in attitudeMar 01, 2016 12:00 am - Back in December, Princeton professor Robert P. George was in the hospital with heart trouble and it did not sound good. At the time, I happened to be at a conference wi...
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Rubio joins Trump in the sandboxMar 01, 2016 12:00 am - By Richard Cohen In my school days, I read a poem called "If" by the painfully dated Rudyard Kipling. He was a champion of imperialism, the white man's burden and o...
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Global Food Security Act a bipartisan strike against world hungerFeb 29, 2016 12:00 am - A wise man once said, "Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it" (Proverbs 3:27). These words speak to us today. But to whom ...
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Trump's destructive nationalismFeb 29, 2016 12:00 am - The main focus of Donald Trump's media coverage has been his populist disdain for elites. But his main focus has often been a strident version of American nationalism. ...
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The black and white of politicsFeb 28, 2016 12:00 am - FLORENCE, S.C. -- If Donald Trump speaks for disenfranchised whites, Hillary Clinton speaks mostly to blacks who feel the same. But the differences in how people, left a...
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American Heart Association, red hats, babies and DH post create online sensationFeb 27, 2016 12:00 pm - Newsroom lore says nothing pushes readers' buttons quite like a good animal story. Lately we've discovered restaurant openings and closings draw a big online crowd. Add ...
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In this western, the Bundys are bumbling villainsFeb 26, 2016 12:00 am - Looks like that epic cowboy movie Cliven Bundy and his boys dreamed of playing starring roles in will never get made. Thankfully, their own epic stupidity ended the fant...
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Problems of immigration are rooted in overpopulationFeb 25, 2016 12:00 am - Pope Francis is gone now, moved on from his brief but touching visit to the Mexican border, where he said Mass for two nations: Mexico and the United States. Many hearts...
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Slusher: Newspapers' reputation for trust still attracts imitatorsFeb 25, 2016 12:00 am - Ronald Reagan's famous Cold War maxim "Trust but verify" has too many applications to list, but few are more appropriate than one dealing with print newspapers. The some...