Opinion

Heartless towards the heroes
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 27, 2022
Like the Afghan Adjustment Act that we lament, the 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act also fell out of the Senate’s $1.7 trilli...
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Putting politics above the law
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Dec 26, 2022
Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee were so busy patting themselves on the back after Wednesday’s partisan vote to publicly release former...
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Ending Title 42 would exacerbate border crisis
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RICH LOWRY 
Dec 23, 2022
The U.S. teeters on the brink of a complete meltdown at the border, and yet the Biden administration is still consumed with blame-shifting and evasion...
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What if regulation is unconstitutional?
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 22, 2022
Is regulation as we know it unconstitutional? It’s not inconceivable that, sometime soon, the U.S. Supreme Court could reach such a conclusion, invali...
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Education’s future depends on parent power
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JEANNE ALLEN Tribune News Service 
Dec 22, 2022
If there’s one thing the last three years have taught American parents, it’s that they need to take control of their children’s education. Despite mas...
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Repeal the useless REAL ID mandate
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 22, 2022
You can postpone digging through your old piles of stuff to find your lost birth certificate to get a REAL ID card. To fly on a plane, the Department ...
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Tech meltdown will help economy — eventually
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SHELDON JACOBSON Chicago Tribune 
Dec 21, 2022
CHICAGO (TNS) — Technology companies are shedding jobs at disturbing rates. Those with experience in computing are being laid off, sometimes with litt...
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Twitter Files show Dem/Big Tech bond
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NOLAN FINLEY The Detroit News 
Dec 21, 2022
DETROIT (TNS) — What we’ve learned from Elon Musk’s Twitter Files is what we’ve long suspected. The social media platform was run by progressives who ...
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A way to help Ukrainian civilians under Russian fire
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TRUDY RUBIN The Philadelphia Inquirer 
Dec 20, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — As Christmas approaches, readers have asked me how they can donate to charities that are helping Ukrainians. At a time when Russi...
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Twitter’s silencing of Donald Trump
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SUSAN SHELLEY Tribune News Service 
Dec 19, 2022
During the run-up to the 2016 election, Donald Trump used Twitter brilliantly. He had a talent for writing messages that were interesting or outrageou...
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Biden pays off unions with bailout
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Dec 19, 2022
Just because political graft is obvious doesn’t mean it’s any less odious. Earlier this month, President Joe Biden announced a $36 billion bailout for...
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Democracy around the world looking healthier
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DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Dec 19, 2022
More than a decade ago, scholars began pointing to a troubling global trend: a “democratic recession.” Dozens of countries were drifting away from dem...
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We need a campaign against teen marijuana use
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LISA JARVIS Tribune News Service 
Dec 18, 2022
There’s good news and bad news when it comes to teen drug and alcohol use. The good news is that fewer teens are drinking, a trend that has been stead...
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Trump’s miserable month
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RICH LOWRY 
Dec 18, 2022
So far, Donald Trump is having the worst campaign launch since Beto O’Rourke. Like almost everything else he’s done lately, his early announcement of ...
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