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Opinion

The status quo vs. the alternative

Editorials and columns

The last two weeks have been, like the preceding weeks, nuts. The president insisted the United States must own Greenland and he would not rule out military force, if necessary, to take the island. He imposed tariffs on the NATO allies who oppose his territorial lust. Then he walked it all back ...

For some, Trump’s mask is finally slipping

Editorials and columns

Throughout 2017 and into 2018, I hoped that a moment would come when Republicans would see Donald Trump clearly. But years ago, I accepted that the scales-falling-from-the-eyes revelation will never come for the MAGA faithful. They are too invested. Still, as a recent Chicago Tribune report ...

Who’s afraid of the Ten Commandments?

Editorials and columns

On Tuesday, the full, 17-judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard consolidated oral arguments in a crucial case that is all but guaranteed to make it to the U.S. Supreme Court. The predictable controversy surrounding the litigation, which involves similar but distinct mandatory ...

A political reporter’s favorite question

Editorials and columns

Political reporters love a certain type of question that seeks to under-mind those hours of preparation that politicians subject themselves to prior to a news conference, a one on one interview or the grand daddy of them all a political debate where the pol's job is on the line. The drill is ...

Evolution of the pecking order

Editorials and columns

Times are changing, pecking orders evolving, but the chickens aren’t pleased. After all, they take pride in being the inspiration for this universally applicable ranking measure. Ranked positions in all species have existed since their evolution, but it was chickens who gave it its name, ...