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Canadian newsprint is not the enemy – tariffs are
Every day at the News Media Alliance headquarters, a stack of newspapers arrives for myself and the staff.…
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What’s wrong in Washington (and America)
KEY LARGO, Fla. – At dinner with friends, I was asked what is wrong with Washington. The question…
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Jails may be next on fiscal pain list
We wrote recently about the growing trend in Frankfort to solve the state’s budget problems by pushing more…
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Timber titan appeals to Supreme Court over Moonlight Fire
WASHINGTON – When the country’s second-largest lumber producer tries to take the U.S. Justice Department to the Supreme…
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There is nothing wrong with a census question about citizenship
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is being sued over its plans to include a question about citizenship in…
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A war without an objective, 6,000 days in
“The war is over.” – Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in Afghanistan (April 2002) “I believe victory is…
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Trump’s tariffs express his adolescent delight in executive swagger
WASHINGTON – Is it too much to ask that the government not insult our intelligence while it is…
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Criminal justice reform cannot wait
While state legislators work diligently to find a solution for the state’s woefully underfunded pension system, there’s another…
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Tariffs will force Trump to break key campaign promises
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will impose stiff tariffs on American companies that purchase imported…
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Trump has thrown opinion-page balance into disarray
Shouldn’t there be somebody to defend Donald Trump? Opinion page editors have been wrestling that question for over…
