NATIONAL VIEW: A $1 trillion question for the West: How to rebuild shattered Ukraine

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Beyond Ukraine’s stunning recent battlefield successes, eight months of war have rendered the country a physical, financial and economic basket case. Millions of refugees...

NATIONAL VIEW: Congress must update Electoral Count Act to prevent another coup attempt

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No matter what happens in the upcoming midterm elections, Congress should act before the end of this year to safeguard the nation from any...

ESTRICH: More police in school?

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Recently, some 500 students walked out of one of Los Angeles’ best known high schools to protest inadequate security at school. The walkout took...

TEXAS VIEW: Circling the wagons is good for electing Texas Republicans, but bad for...

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True democracy requires participation. Not just from voters, but from politicians. But if there’s one thing we’ve learned this political cycle, it’s that too many...

GUEST VIEW: Should we trust the government with our health?

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By G. Keith Smith, M.D. As government is telling us where we can go and how we must behave during the COVID pandemic, we must...

CHAREN: Why are you a patriot?

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A few months ago, some marketer got hold of my cellphone number, and I’ve been deluged ever since with text appeals from MAGA world...

TONI SAYS: How to avoid a Medicare Part D penalty

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By Toni King Hello Toni: I retired in April and had a telemarketing agent help me find a Medicare Supplement which began May 1, 2022. No...

ESTRICH: 17 years in prison for a crime she didn’t commit

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The year was 1995. Kristine Bunch was a 22-year-old single mother, wrongly arrested and charged and ultimately sentenced to 60 years in prison. For...

NATIONAL VIEW: 50 years later, the Clean Water Act is under assault

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President Richard Nixon vetoed the Clean Water Act in 1972. But Congress overrode him on a bipartisan vote, and the landmark law to reverse...

LANDGRAF: From the Capitol to the Basin

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By State Rep. Brooks Landgraf As chairman of the House Committee on Environmental Regulation, I scheduled a committee hearing to investigate the proposed EPA regulations...