Opinion: An aging America needs an honest conversation about growing old
America may still think of itself as a young nation, but as a society, it is growing old.
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Opinion: Moccasin Bend Health Institute decision a missed opportunity
One of the advantages of adulthood for most people is remembering their childhood fondly — of course they recall being the best, most well-behaved child. I hav…
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Opinion: Your end-of-summer politics quiz is here
Hey, summer's almost over, and it's time to stop blocking out current events along with horrendous weather reports. Quite a lot's been going on. Let's see what…
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Opinion: Mitt Romney’s tragic ambivalence
Rolling out the announcement that he won't run for re-election, Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah has framed it as a passing of the torch.
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Opinion: Questions left unanswered about fatal shooting of David Mendez Lopez
On Saturday, Sept. 16, 17-year-old David Adrian Mendez Lopez will be laid to rest. His parents will say goodbye to a beloved son who was a senior at Howard Hig…
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Opinion: Kevin McCarthy is pushing a Biden impeachment inquiry so thin you can see right through it
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's announcement that he is commissioning a formal inquiry into impeaching President Joe Biden — without first securing a vote by th…
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Opinion: The straitjacket of minority rule
One of the most influential books of the Trump years was "How Democracies Die" by Harvard University government professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt. …
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Opinion: Crime, inflation and public perceptions
Remember "American carnage?" Donald Trump's 2017 inaugural address was peculiar in many ways, but one of the most striking oddities was his obsession with a pr…
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Opinion: Support a national park at Moccasin Bend and invest in a new mental health hospital — off the bend
Moccasin Bend is a special piece of land now in the middle of a juggling act. Only this act isn't all that entertaining. The outcome of decisions state officia…
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Opinion: It’s time for mainstream House Republicans to stand up
Once again, House Republicans are putting themselves in an impossible position.
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Opinion: Holding up military promotions risks compromising military readiness
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, the highest-ranking and most senior commander in the nation's armed forces, is scheduled to retire at t…
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Opinion: Watch while Kevin McCarthy puts on ‘impeachment theater’ and the government teeters
The kudos for Kevin were short-lived.
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Opinion: Johnson, Bradshaw candidacies show voters have viable choices
Who wants one strong Democrat woman running for the U.S. Senate when you can have two?
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Opinion: American political leaders have a hard time condemning racist shootings like the one in Jacksonville. Why?
Last month, a terrorist inspired by white supremacy opened fire at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, killing three Black people.
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Opinion: Anxiety in the age of Barbie
It was "the summer of girl power," a tour de force by a glittering troika. With pink dream houses, songs and sequins, Barbie, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé buoyed t…
