Articles filed under Politics
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A divided nation asks: What's holding our country together?Dec 28, 2020 12:00 am - Elections are meant to resolve arguments. This one inflamed them. Weeks after the votes have been counted and the winners declared, many Americans remain angry, defiant ...
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In-betweenland: As 2020 slips away, an American snapshotDec 28, 2020 12:00 am - GLENSHAW, Pa. (AP) - The enormous signs, selling for just $9.99, greet shoppers at the suburban supermarket's entryway, carrying a holiday message that means something v...
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Editorial: A salute to those on the pandemic front linesDec 28, 2020 12:00 am - Second in an Opinion series Doctors, nurses, police, emergency workers, health care workers, grocery staff. All became heroes on the front lines of the 2020 war on coro...
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Odds and ends as 2021 (thankfully) arrivesDec 27, 2020 12:00 am - By Mark Shields My friend Mark Russell, the wonderful American humorist, had an ironclad prediction: The results of the 2020 Census will show that more than 215,000 Amer...
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Financial carnage will be legacy of government's managementDec 27, 2020 12:00 am - Closing of businesses in Illinois is controversial. I operate a manufacturing business with 500 employees. We are designated as an "essential" business and have never b...
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Schultz: A Christmas like no otherDec 25, 2020 12:00 am - So, this is Christmas. No travel, and no family or friends outside our secure little bubbles. If we are to take care of one another, this is what we had to do, one house...
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Christmas, past and presentDec 25, 2020 12:00 am - Christmas involves both a religious event of profound significance, recognition of the birth and enduring influence of Jesus, and the tangible largely secular exchange o...
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York: The Democrats have an Eric Swalwell problemDec 24, 2020 12:00 am - House Democratic leaders are trying to keep the espionage scandal surrounding Intelligence Committee member Rep. Eric Swalwell under tight control. But it's going to be ...
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Hamilton: It is time to show our resilienceDec 24, 2020 12:00 am - If you pay attention to global affairs, you know that increasing numbers of people believe U.S. leadership in the world is coming to an end and the West more broadly is ...
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Saunders: Attorney General Bill Barr, justice warriorDec 23, 2020 12:00 am - The usual critics spent the past two years damning Attorney General Bill Barr as a shameless lackey in President Donald Trump's service, so it should be no surprise that...