Category: Columns

It’s morning in America. Air traffic controllers will get paid again to ensure our safety. Food inspectors will get paid again to stop the spread of disease. And the economy will stop hemorrhaging money (the shutdown tab was $11 billion). Hopefully, th…

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Thirty-five years ago, while visiting the University of Notre Dame, former New York Governor Mario Cuomo gave a landmark speech on the topic of abortion. Decades later, the speech has been cited by Catholics who support abortion to establish their legi…

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My Uncle Jimmy would’ve hated the late-model SUV I rented for a recent trip to New Jersey. I sure did. You see, this modern SUV boasted “smart” technologies designed to keep me safe and happy. It made me miserable. Every time I switched lanes,…

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New York Yankees’ great Joe DiMaggio is widely considered one of the top ten players in Major League Baseball history. DiMaggio played a brilliant center field for the Yankees from 1936-1942 and from 1946-1951. His career batting average was .325, he h…

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At the tail end of last week, the Department of Defense released an overdue report on the effects of climate change on military bases in the United States.The report, required by law under the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (that was passed by…

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The savage response of the Trump administration to last November’s illegal alien caravan was such an object lesson for potential lawbreakers that the newest Illegal Alien Reunion Tour making its way through Mexico is 30 percent larger. AFP estimated…

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Here’s a scary political thought for all Americans. If Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were old enough, and American voters were stupid enough, she could be elected president next year. “AOC” – as the rookie House member from New York City has been nick…

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“We don’t report rumors.” That seemed obvious when a newsroom colleague said it to me some 20 years ago. We had received information – which turned out to be unfounded – regarding some salacious stories about a local politician. “Wow, it’s a g…

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Of course, it had to happen. The news this week that President Donald Trump’s handlers may have digitally altered his photographs to make him appear not only slimmer and younger, but with… wait for it… longer fingers, is the perfect metaphor f…

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“Deep fakes.” According to Great Britain’s “The Guardian” newspaper, that’s the next big threat to privacy rights, economic stability and the remaining vestiges of civil discourse. A “deep fake” is a high-tech forgery, using a machine learnin…

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