Opinion: Government shutdowns are not disastrous. Overspending is
As I have said over the years, I am not at all concerned about a federal government shutdown. My worry is that it might open back up again.
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Opinion: Here’s why President Joe Biden should not have joined the UAW picket line
We understand the political reasoning behind President Joe Biden joining the United Auto Workers picket line in Michigan on Tuesday: Michigan will be a key swi…
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Opinion: GOP debate gaggles unlikely to change the primary outcome — until something consequential happens
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was the only candidate to take the bait.
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Connecting Dots
Clay Bennett's Times cartoon for September 29, 2023.
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Opinion: The Greene New Deal: She’s in charge
If you want to know if the government is going to shut down on Sept. 30, there's no need to bother asking House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. He doesn't know. Withou…
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Opinion: Mark your calendar for sacred times
Calendars marking sacred days, weeks, months and years have been part of cultures around the world for thousands of years. A universal calendar wasn't agreed u…
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Bribery Charges
Lisa Benson's Free Press cartoon for September 28, 2023.
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Opinion: What the Republicans forcing a government shutdown have in common with 1960s radicals
This week, yet another government shutdown appears inevitable because a sizable chunk of the House Freedom Caucus believes, in the words of Otter in "Animal Ho…
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Opinion: U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez should resign
New Jersey's Robert Menendez is entitled to the presumption of innocence (again). But after his latest federal indictment on bribery charges, he should not be …
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Opinion: Clarence Thomas Should Not Get Away With It
It is hard to think of a comparison point for the corrupt behavior of Justice Clarence Thomas.
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Opinion: Trump has a second-term agenda, and it’s more terrifying than ever
Former President Donald Trump is on the campaign trail again, and most of the attention he's getting is for bare-knuckled attacks on his chief opponents as wel…
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Opinion: What really happened at the Biden-Netanyahu meeting
In recent weeks, there has been a lot of discussion about Joe Biden's age. He's old. But you know what comes with age besides a slower gait and forgetting word…
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Opinion: Aging leaders like Biden, McConnell could take another path; Benedict showed the way
In February 2013, Pope Benedict XVI did something truly remarkable: He resigned the papacy.
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Opinion: Rupert Murdoch’s arrogant farewell says it all
The retirement of Rupert Murdoch, the global media mogul perhaps most responsible for our contemporary media dysfunction, prompted renewed speculation about th…
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Opinion: Rupert Murdoch: Right from the start
To read and watch the reaction of people who have hated Fox News from its creation, one might think it resembles dancing on someone's grave, but at 92, Rupert …
