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OpinionJune 11
The war on contraception that wasn'tWe don't know who they are or where they are. All we know is that some place or other, a shadowy group of powerful Republicans is meeting to figure out how to ban contraceptives. For all we know, they also might be scheming to cover up what really happened at Area ...
OpinionJune 11
Reagan: A bad week for the Biden ClanIt was a good week for the Reagan family. Not so much for the Biden clan. On Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, where my father is buried, there was a fine ceremony to mark the 20th year of his passing and recall the conservative principles that p...
OpinionJune 11
Gun violence, infrastructure, budget on center stageThe mission statement for the City of Cape Girardeau states that Cape will “actively promote a safe, innovative climate through city services that enhances the quality of life for its citizens and our region”. There are many ways the city goes about delivering on t...
OpinionJune 10
Mayor's update: Gun violence, infrastructure projects, budget items on center stageThe mission statement for the City of Cape Girardeau states that Cape will “actively promote a safe, innovative climate through city services that enhances the quality of life for its citizens and our region”. There are many ways the city goes about delivering on t...OpinionJune 10
The myth that Biden had nothing to do with the prosecutions of TrumpThe five criminal and civil prosecutions of former President Donald Trump all prompt heated denials from Democrats that President Joe Biden and Democrat operatives had a role in any of them. But Biden has long let it be known that he was frustrated with his own Dep...
OpinionJune 8
Social Security reform is coming (really) and will bring political rewardsNo matter what President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump promise you, and no matter its past as the untouchable "third rail" of American politics, Social Security will be modified one way or another within the next 10 years. While both candidates are mi...
OpinionJune 7
Alvin Bragg — nothing to brag aboutSaturday afternoon, a Duane Reade security guard was severely stabbed and a shopper threatened by a knife-wielding thief at one of the chain’s midtown Manhattan stores.
Roughly 12 hours later, a straphanger was shot in the hand as his train pulled into the 86th ...
OpinionJune 6
Why is the United States negotiating with terrorists?A Gallup poll of several months ago asked, "On the whole, would you say that you are satisfied or dissatisfied with the position of the United States in the world today?"
Only one-third, 33%, said they were satisfied. This down from 53% in February 2020 at the c...
OpinionJune 6
Could the guilty verdict cost Trump the election?How much will Donald Trump’s conviction in the New York hush money case matter come November?
The obvious answer is that nobody knows. Still, I suspect the verdict will matter, just not in ways that are easy or even possible to predict.
A lot of the instant r...
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