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The pope plays politics
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
April 20, 2026
Chicago politics have taken root in Vatican City. Pope Leo XIV may be a man of the cloth, but he is also a Southsider, so it is not surprising that he...
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Good information is hard to find
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
April 7, 2026
Barack Obama pinpointed a central conflict in American politics back in 2004 while talking with a group of Google executives, “Many people — they’re j...
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What does America owe the people of Iran?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
March 5, 2026
Will President Trump fall prey to the “Pottery Barn Doctrine”? Articulated by Secretary of State Colin Powell in the run-up to the Iraq War, it holds ...
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What the Grateful Dead can show a fractured America
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
January 23, 2026
After the last key member of the Grateful Dead, guitarist Bob Weir, died last week at the age of 78, the cascade of loving tributes published far and ...
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Shutdown just latest battle in Democrats’ long war
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
November 18, 2025
The Democrats never miss a beat. The moment their effort to blame Trump for the government shutdown went poof, they resurrected Jeffrey Epstein to sug...
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