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George Santos stakes claim to greatness
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 17, 2023
George Santos is unbelievable. And that’s no exaggeration. Though folks routinely use the word “unbelievable” to refer to all sorts of things that are...
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No, you can’t believe ‘the science’
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RICH LOWRY 
Jan 17, 2023
Copernicus surely had no idea when he got the Scientific Revolution underway in the 16th century that an unintended effect would be empowering agenda-...
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How Chip Roy won the speaker fight
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RICH LOWRY 
Jan 13, 2023
Republicans looked like they were heading for a no-win debacle on the House floor in their fight over speaker. Instead, Kevin McCarthy got over the to...
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The stark contradictions in our medical system
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CORY FRANKLIN Chicago Tribune 
Jan 12, 2023
CHICAGO (TNS) — In a Jan. 2 “Monday Night Football” game, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field. An imm...
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GOP must realistically address debt ceiling
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 11, 2023
When the same old thing seems no longer to be working, it could well be time to try something new. This kind of thinking has long been employed in man...
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The misinformation superhighway
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GENE LYONS 
Jan 11, 2023
Possibly you recall the “Information Superhighway,” a phrase popularized by then-Vice President Al Gore to describe the internet. The expectation was ...
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With border visit, Biden makes things worse
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BYRON YORK 
Jan 11, 2023
Republicans have spent two years demanding that President Joe Biden visit the U.S.-Mexico border. They wanted Biden to face the real-world consequence...
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The IRS keeps its same old stripes
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 10, 2023
Congressional Democrats last year showered the IRS with $80 billion in new funding in an effort to close an estimated $600 billion “tax gap,” the diff...
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4 deals McCarthy made to become speaker
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KWASI GYAMFI ASIEDU and JON HEALEY Los Angeles Times 
Jan 10, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Rep. Kevin McCarthy won his 15th bid to become speaker of the House, but only at great cost. To win the votes he needed to secure t...
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Conservatives take aim at tenure for university profs
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HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press 
Jan 09, 2023
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — When Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick asked Texas colleges to disavow critical race theory, the University of Texas faculty approved a resolu...
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Real winner from House fight? Mitch McConnell
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DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Jan 09, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The television split screen told the story. On one side, Republicans in the House of Representatives labored through the fourth of ...
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Fed ‘wokeness’ could create another banking crisis
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E.J. ANTONI - Tribune News Service 
Jan 08, 2023
You expect your money to be safe in a bank, but if the Federal Reserve gets its way, that may not be the case soon. That’s because the Fed, which has ...
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Biden finally facing reality on the border
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 08, 2023
After Joe Biden visits our nation’s border with Mexico this weekend, his detractors will no longer be able to assert that our president is simply igno...
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No, vaccines aren’t making new COVID variants worse
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FAYE FLAM - Tribune News Service 
Jan 08, 2023
A new COVID-19 variant called XBB.1.5 is driving a new wave of infections. But susceptibility to it is not, as some contend, being fueled by vaccines....
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Appreciating Benedict upon his passing
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 06, 2023
Pope Francis, 1.3 billion Catholics and the rest of humanity say goodbye today to Joseph Ratzinger after 95 years on Earth. A young man who lived thro...
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GOP is the self-loathing party
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RICH LOWRY 
Jan 06, 2023
Will Rogers famously said: “I belong to no organized political party. I’m a Democrat.” He would have to dig deeper to find a gibe suitable for today’s...
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