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WILLIAMS: Worse than racists
As a group, black Americans have made the greatest gains over some of the highest hurdles and in a very short span of time of any racial group in mankind’s history. What’s the […]
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BAZZI: Why Assad used chemical weapons
In the early hours of April 7, the U.S. military launched a series of missile strikes against an air base in northern Syria, in retaliation for the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons attack against civilians three […]
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NOTHSTINE: The enduring importance of working with your hands
Political cartoons can be a good way to deliver truth, and there is fairly accurate one that depicts the demand for skilled labor. The cartoon shows two high school graduates: one tells an impending college […]
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ELLIOT: Reality limits foreign policy options, but signals matter
There is an old story about a Georgian running for Congress in the 1870s. When he finished making his stump speech, a woman in the crowd asked “Why should we vote for you? You told […]
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CLARENCE PAGE: Cultural appropriation? Try cultural sharing
As a fan of Mother Jones magazine, I don’t often disagree with the progressive monthly’s editor in chief Clara Jeffery. But she asked for it with this breathtaking tweet after President Donald Trump fired 59 […]
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CLARENCE PAGE: Cultural appropriation? Try cultural sharing
As a fan of Mother Jones magazine, I don’t often disagree with the progressive monthly’s editor in chief Clara Jeffery. But she asked for it with this breathtaking tweet after President Donald Trump fired 59 […]
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SON: Can we consider resurrection as fact?
Easter is the day that 2.3 billion Christians (32 percent of human population) will declare that two centuries ago, a Galilean rose from the dead three days after he was crucified by Pontius Pilate. Resurrection […]
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ELLIOT: Planes, trains, and re-accommodations
Have you heard of United Airlines CEO Oscar Muñoz? If you’re like most Americans, if you hadn’t before April 9 you certainly have now.Muñoz’s ham-handed response to the bloody, forcible removal of a passenger was […]
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WESTER: John J. Parker, the last Supreme Court pick from NC
On April 10, Justice Anthony Kennedy swore in Judge Neil Gorsuch as the 113th Justice of the United States the Supreme Court. The solemnity of that moment contrasted sharply with the weeks of tumult preceding […]
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LETTER: Open enrollment for military families
Open enrollment for military familiesRay Nothstine drew from an impressive base of knowledge, some of it acquired from personal experience, in explaining why having a choice of school would help many military parents find good […]