Why the biggest blunder was leaving Afghanistan at all
(Aug. 31) To learn the right lessons for future foreign policy and military decisions, we must reanalyze not just what the United States did wrong in how it left Afghanistan, […]
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Associated Press can’t hide bias even when announcing new editor
(Sept. 2) The Associated Press story announcing the hiring of a new AP executive editor gives plenty of reasons for readers not to trust the once-venerable news wire. The AP […]
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Congress moves towards appalling decision to include women in military draft
(Sept. 3) The House Armed Services Committee abused daughters and granddaughters this week by voting that young women should be required to register for the military draft. Four Republicans joined […]
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Biden robs coronavirus account to pay for border disaster
(August 30) The Biden administration must not realize just how badly it indicts its own policy choices when it takes money meant for virus vaccinations and diverts it to housing […]
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Five pieces on the horrendous mess in Afghanistan
I was the first to call on Biden to resign (Aug. 18):President Joe Biden should resign in disgrace. Seriously. As I have argued for decades , it is long past […]
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Be humble about COVID-19 pandemic, but get a booster shot!
Two columns on the ongoing pandemic. (Links to full columns are embedded in the headlines.) Take a moderate approach, and tone down the rhetoric, please (Aug. 19): Is it too […]
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Ballot integrity, not vote ‘suppression,’ is a big problem
Two pieces on the truth about balloting. (Links to full columns embedded in the headlines.] There were 16 million (!!!) ballots that were mysteries in 2020 (Aug. 18): A new […]
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Two stories against obsessing about race
Sandy Stimpson, re-elected as mayor, helps Mobile transcend race (Aug. 26): MOBILE, Alabama — For the fifth straight mayoral election in this port city, Mobilians on Aug. 24 showed that […]
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Ida is serious, but we take storm prep with humor intact
(Aug. 27) MOBILE, Alabama — The news is full of the coronavirus and Kabul, but meanwhile, in other disasters… This, folks, is how things work with Gulf Coast hurricanes. Just […]
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Herschel Walker runs… for Senate
(Aug. 26) This week’s entrance of all-time football great Herschel Walker into the 2022 U.S. Senate race in Georgia immediately makes his campaign the most fascinating of the year. Walker […]
