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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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Timing is everything in politics
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NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
Oct 16, 2022
With the polls in many key midterm races agonizingly close, victory or defeat in November will hinge largely on a single question: are Americans merel...
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Ronald Reagan’s example
KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ 
Oct 03, 2022
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — “I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph and there is purpose and worth to each a...
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Ronald Reagan’s example
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KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ 
Oct 03, 2022
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — “I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph and there is purpose and worth to each a...
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Biden sent the wrong message on COVID
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DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Sep 26, 2022
“The pandemic is over,” President Joe Biden declared this month as he toured the Detroit Auto Show. “We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still d...
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Biden thinks there’s only one American way
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KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ 
Sep 06, 2022
“I voted for Obama twice and Hillary once. But I’ll tell you, I’m going to vote for that knucklehead Donald Trump again.” My Uber driver made that dec...
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Gee, thanks, Gorby!
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NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
Sep 05, 2022
The death of the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, has understandably triggered an avalanche of tributes to the man who oversaw the ...
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Is fear for America justified?
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NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
Aug 25, 2022
Two recent polls ought to unsettle us profoundly, because of the extremely dark picture they paint of our country’s short-term future. The first poll ...
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Can you hear the FDA now?
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Aug 17, 2022
Things will be clearer for millions of Americans come October when, thanks to the FDA, they will be able to buy hearing aids over the counter. Accordi...
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Of fist-bumps and principles of freedom
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jul 17, 2022
All who care about press freedom and other liberties Americans hold dear should have felt pangs of profound discomfort upon seeingPresident Bidenfist-...
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GOP overreach can’t last
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GENE LYONS 
Jul 14, 2022
Two thoughts: First, the Republican dog has finally caught the car it's been chasing for years. A band of right-wing zealots in judge's robes has give...
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For pro-lifers, Roe ruling isn’t cause to gloat
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CYNTHIA M. ALLEN Fort Worth Star-Telegram 
Jun 26, 2022
FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — It has finally come. The day that many people, especially those who have been fighting for decades to defend the lives of th...
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