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Dragged into the culture wars
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
March 15, 2023
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — For those of you who think the culture wars do not affect regular people, I am here to tell you they do. In the past I have written t...
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Those who hold the line deserve respect, not derision
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
January 4, 2023
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (TNS) — District of Columbia Officer Michael Fanone and the others who responded to the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, held the ...
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Hawley more and more like a VP candidate in waiting
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
December 8, 2022
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (TNS) — Put aside all the funny memes of Sen. Josh Hawley running. Could it be that the soon-to-be senior senator from Missouri is vyin...
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Putting country, state or county over party
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
October 26, 2022
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (TNS) — What if the way to break through our polarized politics was to reward those willing to cross the partisan divide for the greate...
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Some answer call to something greater than self-service
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
September 15, 2022
At a time when it seems like our society is spiraling with out-of-control selfishness, consumed with immediate gratification, self-centeredness, illib...
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Why political activists rarely make good politicians
Nation World, New York, Opinion
LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
August 3, 2022
There’s a reason people repeat the adage that “half a loaf is better than none,” coined in 1546 in John Heywood’s collection of English proverbs. It i...
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Reasons to cheer Joe Manchin
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
July 21, 2022
Three centrist cheers for Sen. Joe Manchin III. Manchin’s stance on three key issues may be unpopular with some of his Democratic colleagues but they ...
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A presidential ticket that might save GOP from itself
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
July 7, 2022
A 2024 ticket of former Vice President Mike Pence and Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney might just be the thing that saves the Republican Party and our republic...
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