government

Joe Biden, savior of the Republican Party?
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
GENE LYONS 
Sep 15, 2022
Show me a bully, I’ll show you a crybaby. Few events have demonstrated the accuracy of that observation like the caterwauling on the right in response...
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Harriet Hageman: How I beat Liz Cheney
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
BYRON YORK 
Sep 08, 2022
Harriet Hageman is the environmental lawyer who defeated incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney by a landslide in Wyoming’s much-watched Republican House primary. ...
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Hey, MAGA folks, define ‘great’
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
GENE LYONS 
Jun 09, 2022
So, here's my question for the MAGA crowd — one of several related questions, actually: When was America last great, and what was great about it? Also...
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Kathy Hochul is wrong about hate speech
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
CHRIS CHURCHILL Times Union 
May 21, 2022
ALBANY (TNS)— After Sunday's racist massacre,Kathy Hochulblamed social media. The governor, speaking inBuffalo, said the companies that own online pla...
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Standing for values instead of personalities
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LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
Mar 18, 2022
William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet” etched in the minds of people the world around the famous phrase, “What’s in a name? That which we call ...
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Let sun shine on government
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
Mar 16, 2022
e Week, created by the American Society of News Editors and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in 2005 to coincide with the March 16 bir...
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Andrew Giuliani is no Rudy (of old)
Local Columnists, New York, Opinion
TOM WROBLESKI Staten Island Advance 
Mar 08, 2022
NEW YORK (TNS) — When Rudy Giuliani ran for mayor, he was an accomplished U.S. Attorney who’d helped put mobsters, Wall Street robber barons and crook...
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A civilizational challenge
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
RICH LOWRY 
Feb 26, 2022
A clash of civilizations is upon us. Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine doesn’t just herald a new era in European security, it underlines a growing ...
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Coercing the unvaccinated threatens everyone’s rights
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
KATHERINE DRABIAK / Tribune News Service 
Feb 01, 2022
A recent Rasmussen Reports poll revealed a significant percentage of the public agrees with punitive actions for people who decline COVID-19 vaccines,...
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The UN combats Holocaust denial
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
Jan 24, 2022
Israel became the United Nations’ 59th member on May 11, 1949. In the seven decades since, the General Assembly, now numbering 193 countries, has pass...
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Ignorance isn’t bliss in 2022
Local Columnists, Nation World, Opinion
GENE LYONS 
Jan 14, 2022
So here’s my question: Let’s say you’re Attorney General Merrick Garland. Filing a criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump should be...
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