Growing Angst against China in Pakistan
A terrorist group linked to the Taliban attacked a convoy of Chinese workers near Gilgit, killing the bus driver and
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Commentary
Missing the Point – Is the Electoral College constitutional?
Donald Trump may one day be imprisoned for persistently claiming that Joe Biden stole the 2020 election. I’m talking about what is known as “The Big Lie.” Ironically, a better argument can be made, albeit for different reasons, that it was Trump who stole the 2016 election by gaming the Electoral College process which is unconstitutional.
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Political predictions are foolhardy but demanded; Harry Dunn spends in 3rd CD; not heartbroken, angry
Making predictions about what politicians will do is pretty foolhardy, even when the prediction seems fairly safe. But readers and
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Diesel School Buses are Environmentally Friendly if Used Correctly
As a school bus driver, I’ve often heard about the benefits of electric school buses over diesel ones. Though these arguments may sound valid, if we take a closer look at actual school bus transportation, electric school buses may cause more environmental harm.
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Missing the Point – If not Joe Biden, who?
Joe Biden is 81 and will be 86 at the end of a second term if he’s re-elected. I hope he lives forever, but that’s not going to happen. As a rule, the older you get, the less sharp your brain and the more subject you are to strokes, heart failure and other bad stuff.
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Bridge workers may have died needlessly
Before anyone anoints people as heroes, we should wait for all the evidence to be reviewed and revealed. Serious questions remain about the deaths of the work crew on the bridge that night.
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Sun’s new part-owner Armstrong Williams supports Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
One of the new owners of The Baltimore Sun, Armstrong Williams, wrote an Op-Ed on March 24 in support of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
“If Nikita Khrushchev could arbitrarily transfer Crimea from Russia to Ukraine in 1954, what’s so terrible about [Russian President Vladimir] Putin reversing that in 2014?” Williams wrote.
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The Greatest Day
People from around the globe will celebrate the most significant event in history this Sunday – the resurrection of Jesus
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Vice Presidential Effects on Presidential Races with a Look to 2024 – and Nikki Haley
Certainly, the argument is strong that Dick Cheney made it much more likely that George Bush would win two elections, 2000 and 2004; Sarah Palin was surely significant in McCain’s loss in 2008 and Kamala Harris will be blamed, perhaps correctly, if Trump wins in 2024.
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Taking Note of a Few Things: Free Speech Is Special
TikTok for me is the sound I hear at night when I can’t sleep. The steady consistent sound of time
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