Derek Royden: Dangerous nostalgia
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The last two American presidents from the Republican Party share a sad distinction, if for different reasons.
Search Results for Donald Trump
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Nikki Haley stumped by trick question: What was the cause of the Civil War?
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Nikki Haley, supposedly getting traction in New Hampshire, stepped on her own, whatever, tripped up by a hard question from what she seems to think is a Democratic plant.
Mel Gurtov: Europe is moving farther to the right on energy, immigration
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Politics in the European Union provides a good example of how the best intentions in dealing with climate change can be thwarted.
We’ve already got a Dictator-in-Chief: How absolute power corrupted the President
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Any presidential candidate who promises to be a dictator on day one, if elected, will be a dictator-in-chief for life.
Lawrence S. Wittner: Replacing a disastrous war with a just peace in Ukraine
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Although the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza has captured the world’s horrified attention, the war in Ukraine has had even more terrible consequences.
Bob Good elected chair of House Freedom Caucus: Analysis of 2024 impact
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Virginia Republican Bob Good is the new chair of the House Freedom Caucus, elected on Monday amid some controversy within the far-right caucus.
Kamala Harris breaks second Senate record with tie-breaking vote for judicial nominee
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America’s first woman vice president and first black vice president set another record by breaking the most tie votes in the Senate as VP.
Analysis: Does Northrop Grumman come to Waynesboro if Jim Wood is still podcasting?
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The big local economy news is that Northrop Grumman is going to be building a $200 million facility in Waynesboro that will bring more than 300 jobs paying an average of just a tick under $100,000 a year.
Lawrence Wittner: Billionaires in China, U.S. have much in common
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In recent decades, a growing similarity has developed between the Chinese and U.S. economic systems. Despite the Chinese Communist Party’s talk of “socialism,” the rapidly-expanding Chinese economy has become increasingly capitalist.
Poll: Democrats support Palestinians in Gaza, Republicans side with Russians in Ukraine
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Democratic voters lean more to supporting Palestinians in the Israel-Gaza conflict. Republicans don’t want more aid to go to Ukraine, so by extension, they’re more in the camp of Russia in that one.
