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Editorial: Election Reform

Editorial Board on Feb 6, 2019
What a difference an election makes. The anti-Trump Democratic tide that rattled Republicans all over the country in November and returned the House of Representatives to Democratic control also wrestled... more

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Break the Lockstep

The verdict in the Hunter Biden gun possession case came less than two weeks after former President Donald Trump was convicted on all 34 charges in his New York hush money trial, where the jury determined he broke the law, many times over, by falsifying business records to cover up, amid his 2016 presidential bid, a sexual encounter he had with a porn star a decade earlier. Likewise, it is an example of equal justice under the law in the United States, but Trump is not accepting that and has called on the U.S. Supreme Court to annul the guilty ... by Staff Writer

Debt of Gratitude

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Role in Revolution

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Slow It Down

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More of the Same?

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Zero Sum Thinking

“Sometimes we forget that public safety is a fundamental civil right.” This insightful observation was made by Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, John Avlon. Who could disagree? I won’t say that Avlon’s opponent Nancy Goroff does, but she has put herself in an untenable political position, when, at a 2020 protest rally, held a sign with this message: “Cost of Riot Gear for 1 Policeman Equals Cost of PPE (personal protective equipment) for 31 Nurses.” The wisdom of pitting police against nurses escapes me. Nancy will have to defend this, but as they say in my circles, ... by Staff Writer

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Playing Victim

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Preserve Character

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