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Behind the scenes with Josh Shapiro
Opinion, Сolumns
MATTHEW J. BROUILLETTE RealClearPennsylvania 
Jan 30, 2025
“Politicians are actors, too, don’t you think?” It was a simple question, pose d by child actor-turned-political diplomat Shirley Temple Black, likely...
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A more rational energy policy
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 29, 2025
Joe Biden entered the Oval Office four years ago vowing to make life miserable for America’s traditional energy producers. Four years later, Donald Tr...
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Is Trump pushing powers beyond the Constitution?
Opinion, Сolumns
DAVID G. SAVAGE Los Angeles Times 
Jan 29, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — President Trump has begun his second term pressing his power to reshape the government by firing federal officials, ending diversit...
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Neither side ready to end Ukraine war
Opinion, Сolumns
ML CAVANAUGH Los Angeles Times 
Jan 29, 2025
(TNS) Earlier this month, a full moon blocked Mars from view. Historically, some have taken that as a sign for peace as Mars has been the “planet of w...
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Facts matter now more than ever
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 28, 2025
On Friday, topChicago Public Schoolsofficials announced that agents fromImmigration and Customs Enforcementhad arrived at a Southwest Side elementary ...
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A tale of two inaugurations
Opinion, Сolumns
FRANK MIELE RealClearPolitics 
Jan 28, 2025
Eight years ago, I was perhaps overly optimistic when I wrote in an editorial for my old newspaper, the Daily Inter Lake, that Donald Trump’s first in...
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How protectionism could increase free trade
Opinion, Сolumns
TYLER COWEN Bloomberg Opinion 
Jan 27, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — Free trade is in trouble. That’s hardly startling news when theU.S.has an avowed protectionist in theWhite House, but the problem run...
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Lessons learned, applied in Week 1 by Trump 2.0
Opinion, Сolumns
DEBRA J. SAUNDERS Las Vegas Review-Journal 
Jan 27, 2025
WASHINGTON — What did PresidentDonald Trumplearn during his four-year hiatus from theWhite House? For one thing, he seems to have learned how to liste...
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Other Voices: Vote on judges in 2025
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 23, 2025
Roy Cohn, the mafia lawyer who nurtured Donald Trump’s contempt for the rule of law, once infamously stated, “Don’t tell me the law, tell me who the j...
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No signs of slowing down
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 22, 2025
Donald Trumpkept up the breakneck pace Tuesday, the first full day of his presidency. His vim and vigor are precisely what the nation needs. The presi...
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Presidents and their pardons
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 22, 2025
Maybe you’re mad about President Joe Biden’s parting gift of a preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of the Biden family. If not, you’r...
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Other Voices: Selective values
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 22, 2025
To all my fellow citizens who are consoled by the fact they now have a president who reflects their values, please consider this: The events of Jan. 6...
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