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College degrees and the US job market
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 06, 2022
The U.S. job market is humming, with more than 10.7 million openings across the country. That’s good news. But what might be even better long-term new...
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The spies who deserve to be out in the cold
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RICH LOWRY 
Dec 06, 2022
The “Twitter Files” released by Elon Musk give us a more fine-grained understanding of how and why the social media company decided to censor the Hunt...
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Iran protests overshadow nuclear issue — for now
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DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Dec 05, 2022
After more than a decade of U.S. policy focused on preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, arms negotiations have been shoved off center stage...
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Congress, no last-minute shopping at taxpayer expense
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E.J. ANTONI - Tribune News Service 
Dec 04, 2022
It’s happened to all of us: The holidays are here before you know it, and you’re scrambling for that last-minute gift. Maybe you procrastinated, but a...
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University rankings spur a revolt
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JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN Chicago Tribune 
Dec 04, 2022
CHICAGO (TNS) — In the beginning, God created the heavens, the earth and American higher education. We lived in a bucolic state of nature until an evi...
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American children need a higher-quality science education
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
CORY FRANKLIN and ROBERT WEINSTEIN Chicago Tribune 
Dec 02, 2022
CHICAGO (TNS) — One of the most devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the debt it has created, a debt that we owe our kids that will b...
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If Trump 1.0 was chaotic, just wait
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RICH LOWRY 
Dec 02, 2022
Donald Trump’s allies praised him for his discipline during his announcement speech, when he mostly stuck to the script as written by his staff. Then,...
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City mouse, country mouse
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
GENE LYONS 
Dec 01, 2022
Back when my wife and I moved to the country, many of our citified friends were alarmed. One well-meaning fellow even questioned if I’d be safe out in...
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Xi caught in his own COVID trap
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TRUDY RUBIN Tribune News Service 
Dec 01, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — The video of “Chongqing Superman” has gone viral amidst the explosion of protests across China against the government’s “zero COV...
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Stop pending train strike in its tracks
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 01, 2022
Amid stubbornly high inflation, a national freight railroad strike is the last thing the nation needs. Supply chain disruptions that have created shor...
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Trump gets played in Mar-a-Lago dinner
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
BYRON YORK 
Nov 30, 2022
What is sure to be one of the weirder moments of the 2024 presidential campaign has just taken place before the campaign is even fully underway. Here ...
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Regulate the exchange of crypto
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 29, 2022
If only sophisticated investors were hung on their own petards by going all in on cryptocurrency trading before the spectacular collapse of the crypto...
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The real reasons your family is sick right now
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
FAYE FLAM - Tribune News Service 
Nov 29, 2022
Something is altering the normal seasonal currents of cold and flu viruses. They slowed to a trickle during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic on...
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The extreme recklessness of Biden 2.0
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RICH LOWRY 
Nov 29, 2022
Joe Biden 2024 is a bad idea whose time has come. If Democrats had gotten the shellacking that seemed to be coming their way in the midterms, Biden mi...
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The divided federal government dividend
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Nov 28, 2022
With Republicans gaining control of the House of Representatives, the federal government again will be “gridlocked,” as critics call it. Democrats sti...
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Can DeSantis ride culture war to White House?
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DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Nov 28, 2022
If you’ve been yearning for a preview of the battle for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, the place to be last weekend was Las Vegas, where...
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Library seeks public input on goals, mission-statement
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MICHELLE LA VOIE Special to Olean Times Herald 
Nov 26, 2022
OLEAN — The Olean Public Library is updating its long-range plan. The current plan, which is available on the Library’s website, expires at the end of...
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Who’s in favor of a Trump comeback? Real people
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SUSAN SHELLEY Tribune News Service 
Nov 25, 2022
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — It's worth remembering that in 2012, the Republican Party was so dead in America that the Republican National Committee conducted ...
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