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Despite Their Best Efforts, Trump's Supreme Court Appointees May Have Thrown Election to Harris Oct. 09, 2024

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Since the three Donald Trump appointees took their seats, the U.S. Supreme Court has waved its magic... Read More

Last October's Surprise Attack by Hamas Was Israel's Pearl Harbor Oct. 02, 2024

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In a surprise attack on Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese planes and submarines attacked American forces on Haw... Read More

Trump Must Wish Only White Men Could Vote (Like in the Good Old Days) Sep. 25, 2024

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It's the job of a conservative to stand before history "yelling stop," said the late political comme... Read More

Right and Left Both Want To Cancel Books They Don't Like Sep. 18, 2024

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Both the right and the left are waging a war against books. The right is focusing on schools. Accord... Read More

It's Time To Stop the Use of Military-Style Weapons Against Our Schoolchildren Sep. 11, 2024

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The beginning of the school year is indeed the season of glorious end-of-summer weather, learning an... Read More

Who Cares What the Calendar Says? Happy New Year! Sep. 04, 2024

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We don't need to wait for January. I say a new year has just started. The sweltering days of summer ... Read More

In a Topsy-Turvy Campaign, Dems Support Freedom, Foreign Affairs, Flag and Football Aug. 28, 2024

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It's no surprise that one party is staking a claim on the White House based on freedom, foreign affa... Read More

On the Middle East, We Are Entitled to Our Own Opinion, But Not Our Own Facts Aug. 21, 2024

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President Ronald Reagan once said, "If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, as Jeffers... Read More

Trump's Luck Is Running Out, and He Isn't Taking It Well Aug. 14, 2024

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When misfortune strikes others, Trump crows. When it strikes him, he whines. Trump didn't ask Russia... Read More

Despite Political Rhetoric, America Does Not Encourage Couples To Have Children Jul. 31, 2024

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Iowa's Gov. Kim Reynolds recently stated there is "no cause more worthy than protecting innocent unb... Read More

An Oldie From the Summer of 1968 Hits the Charts Again Jul. 24, 2024

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A Democratic president announces he will not run for reelection and throws his support to his vice p... Read More

It's Time To Save the Republic From This Supreme Court Jul. 03, 2024

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The Supreme Court's decision in the presidential immunity case Trump v. United States issued on July... Read More

2024 Campus Protesters Are Rebooting a 1968 Show May. 01, 2024

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In addition to writing this column each week, I write novels. I'm just finishing up a work of histor... Read More

Muslim Civilians Didn't Volunteer To Be Martyrs for Hamas and Iran Apr. 24, 2024

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On April 13, Iran fired hundreds of drones, rockets and missiles at Israel. "So, let's be straight,... Read More

After a Year of Column Writing, I Still Have Plenty to Say. Unfortunately. Apr. 17, 2024

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My first journalism job was long ago, covering events at my high school for the local paper. Writing... Read More

Trump's Trial in New York Could Shatter His Mirror Politics Apr. 10, 2024

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Mirror politics is accusing your opponents of doing the very thing you yourself have done. On the ca... Read More

The Sioux in the U.S. and the Jews in Israel Are Both Indigenous Peoples Apr. 03, 2024

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The Sioux Nation stretched over much of the Great Plains before the westward push of settlers after ... Read More

Things Are Great, but They're Miserable, Too Mar. 27, 2024

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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." In rereading the opening lines of Charles Dic... Read More

Justice Clarence Thomas Is a Great Candidate -- for Impeachment Mar. 20, 2024

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"I can resist everything except for temptation," the Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde wrote in ... Read More

The Israel-Hamas War Woke Me Up Mar. 13, 2024

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I'm not the youngster I thought I was. During the school year, I live in an apartment tucked into a ... Read More