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Tech allows Ukraine to identify war criminals
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
May 08, 2022
Much of the world reacted in horror at Russian atrocities in the town of Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, one month ago. After the Russian army retreated, Ukr...
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The nursing profession is rooted in strength
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
PAULINE HOFFMANN Special to The Era 
May 08, 2022
Each May is National Nurses’ Month — a month-long celebration and commemoration of the work our nurses do to keep us healthy. National Nurses’ Week wa...
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A real Mother’s Day gift? Flexible jobs and benefits
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LIYA PALAGASHVILI Tribune News Service 
May 06, 2022
This Mother’s Day is my first as a new mom. Now, I join the choir of women who have long voiced the challenges of balancing motherhood and a career. T...
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Scalia was right — again
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RICH LOWRY 
May 06, 2022
Justice Antonin Scalia was among the most prescient Supreme Court justices in American history, and the firestorm over the leak of Justice Samuel Alit...
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A lousy day for the Supreme Court
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
May 05, 2022
Editor’s note: This is an editorial from the Chicago Tribune, distributed by Tribune News Service. This editorial board long has supported a woman’s r...
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Give peace a chance in America’s culture wars
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LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
May 05, 2022
I have a confession when it comes to the culture war our society is mired in: I consider myself a pacifist on this front. As the battles rage on betwe...
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The Biden administration’s transgender decree
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
BYRON YORK 
May 04, 2022
One way to shut down debate on a contentious subject is to declare that there is no debate on the subject. Everyone, absolutely everyone, agrees with ...
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America’s chip problem
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
May 03, 2022
America faces a serious economic and national security risk when it comes to manufacturing semiconductor chips that are integral to daily life in the ...
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A shocking assault on the Supreme Court
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RICH LOWRY 
May 03, 2022
Despite what you might have learned in high school civics, the Supreme Court really only has one role in our system of government — to uphold Roe v. W...
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Biden crashing with Hispanic voters. Here’s why
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CYNTHIA M. ALLEN Tribune News Service 
May 02, 2022
FORT WORTH, Texas — Most home-school mom co-op conversations don’t delve too deeply into politics. But when the suddenly astronomical cost of feeding ...
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Can US deter Putin from using battlefield nukes?
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DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
May 02, 2022
WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin reminded the world last week that he controls the world’s largest arsenal of nuclear weapons. It wasn’t ...
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Remembering the struggles of Ulysses Grant
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LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
May 01, 2022
On this anniversary of the birth of Hiram Ulysses Grant, 200 years ago Wednesday, he is remembered as the 18th president of the United States, command...
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The new American way of getting everything wrong
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JAY AMBROSE Tribune News Service 
May 01, 2022
Compassion is so, so important if civilization is to rise to the heights most of us wish for, but compassion without wisdom can produce Karl Marx comm...
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Bad economic news, 1970s-style
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
May 01, 2022
U.S. gross domestic product shrank 1.4% in the first quarter at the same time inflation continued to soar. For older Americans, that combination conju...
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Biggest mistake of pandemic is still haunting us
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FAYE FLAM - Tribune News Service 
Apr 29, 2022
We’re now being left to choose our own risks when it comes to COVID-19, but it’s clear that many people still don’t recognize the importance of fresh ...
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Musk faces tall Twitter task
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Apr 29, 2022
Elon Musk made a big purchase this week. You may have heard. Some billionaires buy yachts, jets or islands. Musk’s vanity purchases venture into uncha...
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Don’t weaponize the 14th Amendment
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RICH LOWRY 
Apr 29, 2022
Politics would be a lot simpler if one side could prevent the other from running for office. The left believes that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is...
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Blame Washington, not Putin, for rising prices
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E.J. ANTONI - Tribune News Service 
Apr 28, 2022
How out of control is inflation? One measure says it all: Prices are now rising as fast in one month as they used to rise in a whole year when Preside...
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