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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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Trump can bring peace
Opinion, Сolumns
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
Dec 12, 2024
Among the more outlandish claims that Democrats and progressives made when Donald Trump first ran for president back in 2016 was that he would, as an ...
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Why the go-ahead on missiles?
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 21, 2024
American missiles — by way of the Ukrainian army — are now being launched atRussia. Putin, in response, is rattling his nuclear saber. If you haven't ...
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Biden’s foreign policy legacy goes through Ukraine
Opinion, Сolumns
TRUDY RUBIN The Philadelphia Inquirer 
Sep 23, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — As the election nears and tension builds between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, many people may have forgotten that Joe Biden is...
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Russia’s hostages return home
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 02, 2024
Americans of all political persuasions should celebrate the release of their countrymen and women from Russian prison cells. While the price was steep...
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War in Ukraine could become long, frozen conflict
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Jan 16, 2023
According to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grand plan, this was to be the hard winter that would break Ukraine and divide its allies in the West....
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Remember the hysteria over Trump tax returns?
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Jan 05, 2023
On Dec. 30, as Washington shut down for the Christmas-New Year holidays and Republicans prepared to take over the House of Representatives, Democrats ...
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Beware aggrieved empires
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Dec 27, 2022
China sent 71 aircraft and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour period, while Russia shelled the Kherson region more than 70 times. These acts of ag...
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A way to help Ukrainian civilians under Russian fire
Opinion, Сolumns
TRUDY RUBIN The Philadelphia Inquirer 
Dec 20, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — As Christmas approaches, readers have asked me how they can donate to charities that are helping Ukrainians. At a time when Russi...
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Democracy around the world looking healthier
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Dec 19, 2022
More than a decade ago, scholars began pointing to a troubling global trend: a “democratic recession.” Dozens of countries were drifting away from dem...
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Best advice? Stay out of Russia
Opinion, Сolumns
GENE LYONS 
Dec 16, 2022
If there’s one clear lesson from the Brittney Griner/Paul Whelan controversy that’s keeping partisans in America’s culture wars all worked up, it’s th...
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US policy makes Ukraine fight by rules Russia ignores
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Dec 12, 2022
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Last week, Ukraine pulled off an audacious military feat: three drone strikes deep inside Russia, one against a target less than 15...
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WNBA star Griner freed in swap for Russian arms dealer Bout
Basketball, National Sports
ERIC TUCKER, MATTHEW LEE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press 
Dec 09, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a high-profile prisoner exchange, as the U.S. released notorious Russian arms ...
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