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Just A Modest Proposal

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BY DAVID PERRYMAN Gulliver’s Travels’ author Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1667. He was a priest, a poet and a satirist. Among...

Why the GOP’s Fence Fantasy is a Farce

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 BY JIM HIGHTOWER A long time ago, in a not-so-faraway land, a civilization existed that was governed through a fairly rational political system. Even conservative candidates for high office had to have a good idea or two – and be quasi-qualified. That land was the USA. It still exists as a place, but these days, […]

OPEN DOOR POLICY: Earthquakes, Aquifers, and Inaction

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 BY JOE DORMAN There has been heightened discussion on earthquakes in Oklahoma by the public in the beginning days of 2016, but will that translate...

Democrats Must Also Address Illegal Immigration

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   BY FROMA HARROP As respectable Republicans panic over Donald Trump’s storm of insults against Hispanics, Democrats may be tempted to sit back and watch the other party estrange millions of potential voters. But they do so at their own peril. Democrats already have the luxury of being far less offensive, whatever position they take […]

Peddling Fear

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 BY SHARON MARTIN It’s an election year, and candidates think they can win by stoking your fears. They want you to be afraid of Muslims,...