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Christmas 2020
Each December I write a tongue-in-cheek column about Christmas gifts I think fit the times but that you won’t find in any stores or even online. For example, one of my gifts last year
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What Might Impeachment Mean?
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the Democrat controlled House of Representatives, recently announced she was launching a formal inquiry into impeaching President Trump. The first thing to understand about this is that impeachment does not
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What In The World is Going On?
A great deal that is comment-worthy happened in the first two weeks of September. To begin with, President Trump cancelled a meeting at Camp David with leaders of the Taliban to discuss the withdrawal
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The Politics of Impeachment
When the Democrats took control of the House in the mid-term elections, I thought they might swiftly pass articles of impeachment against President Trump. They had the votes to do it, but their leaders
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Death By Drugs: Part 1
The Origin Of The Opioid Crisis By Micheal Kurth August 31 was International Overdose Awareness Day. Events were held around the world to raise awareness of drug-related deaths. The United States has the highest
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Farewell To Fast Eddy
The phone call came at 3 am. It was my sister calling to tell me my older brother Eddy had passed away at his home in Saginaw, Mich. It was unexpected, but I was
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Constitutional Conservatives
The term “constitutional conservative” is relatively new in U.S. political discourse. It came into use in the last decade to describe politicians such as Rand Paul and Ted Cruz, who hold conservative values and
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Redefining The Republican Party
Donald Trump is now officially the 45th president of the United States, and he is wasting no time using the “pen and phone” he inherited from Barack Obama. In his first week in the
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Who Are The Deplorables?
The strangest presidential election of my lifetime, and perhaps all U.S. political history, is finally drawing to a close. By the time many people read this column, the results will be known. Will Donald
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MY BIG FAT GREEK VACATION
By Cathy Kurth We call ourselves the “Ya Yas” — group of life-long friends from DeQuincy. About 15 years ago, we vowed that every five years we would take a trip together to some
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