Opinion
PARÉ: It didn’t have to be this way
I am a military wife, and I always will be. For the first twelve years of marriage, I watched my husband, Lt. Colonel Wayne Paré, deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan five different times. When he […]
Articles by Erin Paré
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MOORE: Hell no to a debt ceiling increase
Sometimes, when you go into a store with expensive merchandise on the shelves, you will see a sign that reads, “You break it, you buy it.” That’s a good slogan for the Republicans as they […]
Opinion
GINGRICH: Where are they going?
Watching television coverage of people crossing the border illegally at our southern border, I began to wonder: where are they going? I was shocked to learn that the Biden administration refuses to tell the states […]
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BADGER: Why states should tune out Washington’s COVID-19 noise
The federal government continues to offer garbled COVID-19 messages that undermine its credibility and sow confusion about the pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now thinks there are more infections among the vaccinated […]
Opinion
CAPRETTA: The Medicare gimmick to rule them all
There are gimmicks, and then there are gimmicks. Some are relatively harmless and can be helpful when they grease enactment of bills with positive effects that outweigh them. There are others, however, that are so […]
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SHAPIRO: When does the COVID-19 panic end?
Two weeks to slow the spread. That was the original rationale for the lockdowns, masking and social distancing: Prevent transmission of the coronavirus so that Americans could be assured that we would not overwhelm hospital […]
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HARSANYI: Jan. 6 was deplorable. It was not a coup
When several hundred extremists mobbed Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, they engaged in a deplorably un-American act of criminality. It was an embarrassing day for the nation, and a dangerous one for the many innocent […]
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Kids and cars: Today’s teens in no rush to start driving
DETROIT — Michael Andretti has a 21-year-old son with zero interest in obtaining a driver’s license. Rideshare apps get him where he wants to go. In New Jersey, the 16-year-old daughter of a local short […]
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PRAGER: The best thing most Americans can do to make America better
Some think tank or polling organization should ask 1,000 Americans: What is the best thing most Americans can do to make the country better? Presumably, those most influenced by their schooling and by the media […]
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NEWBOLD: Smart deterrence and accommodating generals
“To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.” — Sun Tzu, Chinese military strategist, 544-496 B.C. Clearly, […]