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Opinion: Trump's focus on retribution distracts from the nation's real domestic enemies
It is no secret why President Trump forced out FBI Director Christopher Wray, his first-term pick to be the nation’s chief law enforcement…
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80 Years Later, We Forget the Lessons of Auschwitz at Our Peril
By Greg Schneider and Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat Jan. 27 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, where…
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Opinion: Trump promised to end the Ukraine war, but neither side is ready
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…
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Opinion: It's now clear that America's death penalty is dying one generation at a time
The Death Penalty Information Center’s recent annual report contained good news for those opposed to capital punishment. The number of new…
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Opinion: President Trump's Jan. 6 pardons broke his promise to the nation
Promises made, promises kept, President Trump liked to crow during his first term, sometimes deservedly. He’s only days into his second…
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Opinion: It's time to relearn the lessons of Thomas Paine's 'Common Sense'
The 2024 presidential election painted a dismal picture — a country split red and blue, a near-even divide, reminding us how fractured…
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Opinion: If Martin Luther King Jr. were alive, how would he have approached the Trump era?
Unlike the many people who are upset that Donald Trump is being inaugurated on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I see it as a good thing.…
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Opinion: Experts once thought highly of Biden's presidency. Here's how his legacy is likely to change
Our survey of presidential experts a year ago drew attention for ranking Joe Biden 14th among the presidents, ahead of such consequential…
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Opinion: Biden delivered a new 'Roaring '20s.' Watch Trump try to take the credit.
Poor Donald Trump. Twice elected president only to have to clean up the economic messes left to him by Democrats. In 2016, he groused…
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Opinion: What a century-old disaster can teach fire-ravaged L.A. about recovery and rebuilding
A city devastated; neighbors coming to its aid; the hunt for a scapegoat: Though the Angelenos enduring wildfires today lead lives…
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Opinion: The case of the missing Hegseth investigation
For folks who have so harshly turned on the FBI for supposedly targeting Donald Trump over the years, Republicans sure are quick to turn…
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Don't Bother Going Vegan to Save the Planet. Do This Instead
How effective can one person's actions be in fighting climate change and keeping the environment healthy? As a researcher at the…
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Opinion: Merrick Garland's integrity saved the DOJ only to doom it again
In 2016, the American Bar Assn. couldn’t say enough good things about Merrick Garland, then the chief judge of the powerful U.S. Court of…
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Opinion: Why Israel can't just 'cut the head off' of Hamas or Hezbollah
Since the horrific Hamas terrorist attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, Israel has been at war in the Middle East. The conflict has stretched across…
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Don't Fall For Merchan's Trap
Judge Juan Merchan's obsession with landing his white whale, Donald Trump, revealed itself this week in all its political dis-glory.…
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Opinion: The limits of an imperial presidency
Whatever Trump and his advisors say, I know he won’t be able to remake Washington easily and swiftly. President-elect Donald Trump is…
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Opinion: Meta is changing its rules and embracing Trump. What does that mean for the world?
The announcement by Mark Zuckerberg that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and Threads, will dramatically overhaul its…
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Opinion: Trump wants to rekindle his Kim Jong Un bromance, but North Korea has other suitors now
To say that President-elect Donald Trump has a lot of plans for his second term would be a gross understatement. He has vowed to implement…
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Opinion: What antiabortion activists want next
The state of Texas filed a major lawsuit on Dec. 12 against a New York doctor who mailed abortion pills to a Collin County, Texas, woman,…
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Opinion: The election shredded the rule of law
Being elected president truly is a get-out-of-jail-free card for Donald Trump, but the greater concern should be for what this means for…
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Opinion: Why Trump's plan to deport millions will fall far short of what it promises
Will President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to “launch the largest deportation program in American history” truly keep millions of immigrants…
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Opinion: If your phone had feelings would you treat it differently? It could happen sooner than you think
Whether it’s the virtual assistants in our phones, the chatbots providing customer service forbanks andclothing stores, or tools like…
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Opinion: How Mexico can strike back if Trump follows through on his threats
President-elect Donald Trump has made clear his intent to supercharge his “America First” approach to foreign policy in his second term —…
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Opinion: Jimmy Carter had a second term. It just wasn't in the White House
At a campaign event in Winston-Salem on the eve of the 1976 North Carolina Democratic primary, a voter asked then-candidate Jimmy Carter…