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Trust in government?
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 08, 2021
Ever since Joe Biden carried Pennsylvania in the 2020 presidential election, Republican leaders have attempted to discredit that fair and accurate vot...
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Beyond just Veterans Day
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 13, 2021
Everyone loves a veteran. Especially a politician. On Veterans Day, that pride and appreciation of those who stood up and did their duty when asked or...
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Is Trump’s grip on the GOP weakening?
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Oct 23, 2021
Republican politicians can be forgiven for thinking that the GOP is Trump’s world and they only live in it at his sufferance. He not only survived Jan...
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Biden’s modest expectations
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Mar 31, 2021
If the Biden White House were a factory, management would post a sign at the front gate: 68 days without a presidential gaffe. What has come over Joe ...
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GOP has accepted that Obamacare is here to stay
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Mar 20, 2021
The $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill that Congress passed last week did a lot more than provide pandemic aid: It also included the biggest expansion of...
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Why the Cuomo case drives Republicans crazy
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Mar 11, 2021
Things are looking worse by the hour for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Recently, a fourth, fifth and even a sixth, woman came forward to accuse him of i...
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Politicians shouldn’t be idolized
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 05, 2021
When the COVID-19 pandemic began, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo quickly emerged as one of the nation’s heroes. Pitching himself as the antithesis to the ...
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Lt. gov shouldn’t duck the press
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 19, 2021
Lt. Gov. John Fetterman fashions himself as a tough guy, a bare-knuckled fighter for the causes he supports, a straight-talker, a contrarian among pol...
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Biden an insider? Good
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Jan 21, 2021
Joseph R. Biden Jr. arrived in the White House Wednesday thanks to two unappreciated assets: He is 78 years old, and he has been a politician for more...
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Other Voices: Blood on their hands
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 16, 2021
We recently had many of our Republican representatives and senators coming out to condemn the recent coup attempt at the U.S. Capitol. Those who voted...
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Americans, demand better
Opinion, Сolumns
CRAIG LANG, Tribune News Service 
Jan 14, 2021
Raise your hand if you are exhausted from the incessant political turmoil that continues to unfold in the United States. While almost everyone is hopi...
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Guest Comment: We’re treated like children
Guest Columns, Opinion, Сolumns
DON CUMMINS, Special to The Era 
May 06, 2020
Stand up, get out, defy this illegal, unconstitutional lockdown of our country, our states and our lives. From the beginning, I did not believe the CO...
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Congress’ grizzly betrayal
Opinion, Сolumns
KATHLEEN PARKER 
Mar 14, 2017
WASHINGTON -- In its zeal to repeal, the U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to overturn a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule forbidding the...
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