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GOP primaries begin test of Trump’s influence
Opinion, Сolumns
JONATHAN BERNSTEIN 
Jan 07, 2022
It’s an election year — and Americans will be voting sooner than many people may realize. The first primary election is in Texas on March 1, fewer tha...
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Falling faith in elections is not new
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Jan 06, 2022
For the last year, we’ve heard one commentator after another tell us that American democracy is in crisis. The source of that crisis, we are told, is ...
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Civil war over Trump? Not going to happen
Opinion, Сolumns
GENE LYONS 
Jan 06, 2022
When it comes to prognostication, my favorite philosopher has always been the eminent Lawrence Peter Berra. “It’s tough to make predictions,” Yogi fam...
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Pa. congressional redistricting fight heats up
News, PA State News
JONATHAN LAI and SEAN COLLINS WALSH The Philadelphia Inquirer 
Dec 29, 2021
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Gov. Tom Wolf criticized a map for new congressional districts proposed by Pennsylvania House Republicans, accusing them of parti...
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Year in review: Confessions of an incurable optimist
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Dec 28, 2021
Twelve months ago, Americans could indulge in optimism. For a bright, shining moment, 2021 promised to be a year of recovery. The first vaccines for C...
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Rule out packing the court
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 21, 2021
In a 288-page report as long and detailed as any Supreme Court ruling, a 34-member, bipartisan presidential commission couldn’t reach consensus on whe...
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No time for polarization
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 16, 2021
There are certain facts of life that are just so true, it almost seems ridiculous to say them out loud. Water is wet. What goes up must come down. Not...
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Who’s running your state’s elections?
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Dec 14, 2021
Former President Donald Trump, in exile at Mar-a-Lago, isn’t acting much like a retiree. A week ago, he announced that his proposed media venture, Tru...
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Dole had respect for rivals
Opinion, Сolumns
CARL P. LEUBSDORF Tribune News Service 
Dec 09, 2021
Bob Dole first emerged as a national figure in the early 1970s, defending President Richard Nixon’s Vietnam policies and excoriating such Democratic o...
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Wolf’s warning shot on congressional redistricting
Opinion, Сolumns
PAUL MUSCHICK The Morning Call 
Dec 04, 2021
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Let the games begin. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has fired the first shot in what could be the penultimate battle of his two-term tug-o...
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Inflation excuses miss the point
Opinion, Сolumns
SEN. SCOTT MARTIN 
Dec 03, 2021
No matter where we go, it’s impossible to escape inflation. The gas pump. The grocery store. The Christmas tree farm. No matter how uncomfortable or p...
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Don’t redact anything from ‘audit’
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 01, 2021
More than a year after President Joe Biden carried Pennsylvania by more than 80,000 votes in the most highly scrutinized and repeatedly verified elect...
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Why redact the audit contract?
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 26, 2021
An out-of-state consulting firm will be receiving $270,000 over the next six months as part of a review of the 2020 election. Envoy Sage of Dubuque, I...
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