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Seeking asylum isn’t a crime
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 05, 2022
The Biden administration restored a modicum of reality to U.S. immigration policy recently when it rescinded what was known as Title 42. That measure,...
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SCOTUS needs ethics rules
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 04, 2022
Long before Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife, Ginni, was revealed to be an enthusiastic cheerleader for insurrection, ethics problems dogge...
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Parents let the culture teach their kids values
Opinion, Сolumns
CYNTHIA M. ALLEN Tribune News Service 
Apr 04, 2022
FORT WORTH, Texas — In 2020, I wrote about how my family, which at the time included three preschool-aged children, opted to skip the Super Bowl to av...
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America’s looking for fresh programming
Opinion, Сolumns
DAVID M. SHRIBMAN 
Apr 03, 2022
Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams did it. So did Martin Van Buren and William Henry Harrison. Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison, too. Also Wil...
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Russian people should replace Putin
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 03, 2022
President Joe Biden learned the hard way Saturday about the dangers of going off script at the end of a speech heavily criticizing Russian leader Vlad...
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Biden avoids tax solutions
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 01, 2022
Biden’s “billionaire minimum income tax” is really a wealth tax — and it’s a bad idea for tax policy in general. On Monday, Biden rolled out a propose...
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Leading the way on wages
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 01, 2022
When the wheels of government turn slowly, or not at all, the private sector must take the driver’s seat. That’s certainly the case with Pennsylvania’...
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Quit winging it and fly home, Putin
Opinion, Сolumns
MARTIN SCHRAM Tribune News Service 
Apr 01, 2022
In 2012, Vladimir Putin took his media corps out to an Arctic peninsula in Siberia to showcase his leadership prowess for all the world to see. Then h...
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Clarence Thomas is better than his critics
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Apr 01, 2022
Clarence Thomas is, by far, our most abused Supreme Court justice. His confirmation hearings in 1991 were, as he memorably put it, a high-tech lynchin...
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A tale of two assaults
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 31, 2022
On March 10, prosecutors allege, a 26-year-old woman named Lauren Pazienza, of Port Jefferson, New York, quickly shoved Barbara Maier Gustern, 87, to ...
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Someone had to say it
Opinion, Сolumns
GENE LYONS 
Mar 31, 2022
In Michael Kinsley’s immortal definition, “A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth — some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.” By that standa...
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During spring cleaning, let’s clean up our speech
Opinion, Сolumns
LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
Mar 31, 2022
For many, early April signals the time for spring cleaning. Experts claim spring cleaning can make you happier, healthier, more productive and reduce ...
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Smith was wrong to hit Rock. But I understand
Opinion, Сolumns
LZ GRANDERSON Tribune News Service 
Mar 30, 2022
It’s not right. But I understand. That’s the punchline of Chris Rock’s infamous joke about O.J. Simpson. Rick points out that O.J. was paying $25,000 ...
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Biden’s blunder was no Reagan replay
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Mar 30, 2022
President Joe Biden set off international alarms over the weekend when he committed the United States to the goal of regime change in Russia. “For God...
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Court rejects PSERS secrecy
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 29, 2022
Lack of transparency usually is an element of bad governance, so it’s hardly surprising that the beleaguered Pennsylvania Public School Employees Reti...
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Speech never equals violence
Opinion, Сolumns
RYAN J. RUSAK 
Mar 29, 2022
FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — The slap seen ’round the world from Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony holds an important lesson on free speech. That was no dou...
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