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The ‘big, beautiful bill’ could backfire
Articles, Commentary, Local Columnists
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
May 28, 2025
The process of crafting and passing legislation has often been compared to sausage-making, insofar as most people enjoy eating sausage, but virtually ...
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Trump and ‘The Rock’
Commentary, Local Columnists
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
May 9, 2025
President Trump made headlines recently for suggesting that Alcatraz, the infamous prison in San Francisco Bay, should be reopened to house the worst ...
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Drop drops hammer on US’s fair-weather friends
Commentary, Local Columnists
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
February 5, 2025
President Trump's shock and awe tactics against Democrats and the Deep State appear to be bearing fruit, but equally impressive has been his strong, u...
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Trump can bring peace
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
December 13, 2024
Among the more outlandish claims that Democrats and progressives made when Donald Trump first ran for president back in 2016 was that he would, as an ...
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Worries about voter fraud were unfounded
Commentary, Local Columnists
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
November 18, 2024
One thing that shocked me about this year’s presidential election campaign was how many of my fellow Republicans and conservatives expected to lose, b...
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Will Democrats resort to the Hail Mary?
Commentary, Nation World, New York
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
October 15, 2024
Just three weeks before the election, existential dread is descending on Democrats. As the average of both national and battleground state polls conti...
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Losing by omission
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
September 18, 2024
To be clear, there is little sign at this stage of the presidential race that Donald Trump is destined to lose. According to the polls and the betting...
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