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Racial Issues
Ordinarily, it is not a good idea to base how you vote on just one issue. But if black lives really matter, as they should matter like all other…
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Misleading Statistics
Mark Twain famously said that there were three kinds of lies — “lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Since this is an election year, we can expect…
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A Gem in Chicago
We have gotten so used to seeing college presidents and other academic “leaders” caving in to so many outrageous demands from little gangs of…
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Abstract Immigrants in an Abstract World
Why would a country with the world’s largest Jewish population, outside of Israel, admit large numbers of immigrants from countries where hatred…
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A Clash of Police Policies
Amid the rioting in Milwaukee, there is also a clash between two leading lawmen there — Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke and the city of…
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Trump and Blacks
Who would have thought that Donald Trump, of all people, would be addressing the fact that the black community suffers the most from a breakdown…
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Does Black Success Matter?
We keep hearing that “black lives matter,” but they seem to matter only when that helps politicians to get votes, or when that slogan helps…
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New Critics of Trump
A year ago, in August 2015, this column called “The Donald” the Democrats’ Trump card. It is hard to imagine any other Republican candidate who…
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Old Lies
We expect to hear a lot of lies during an election year, and this year is certainly no exception. What is surprising is how old some of these lies…
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