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Bankhead: Hear all sides and sift everything

We’ve all heard sayings such as “silence is golden,” “silence speaks volumes,” or “if you remain silent, you…

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Cooper: Why the New York jury won’t convict Trump

Donald Trump is finally on trial. And many think he might finally pay for his crimes (or at…

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Ventura: I run a food pantry but it’s not enough. We need funding for SNAP.

I run a food pantry. I’m proud of the work we do. But if lawmakers passed a livable…

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Purcell: Mom taught the art of laughter

My mother would have been considered eccentric had she been financially wealthy. She would do almost anything —…

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Flowers: Campus protests pale imitations of the 1960s

It seems silly to write a column about the recent college protests. It’s not really news when privileged…

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Guzzardi: Garland is MIA during protests

Last week, amid nationwide student protesting that threatened Jewish students and effectively shut down college campuses, 27 Republican…

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Moore: On the road again and again

Back in the 1960s, some American college kids protested the Vietnam War, but mostly, they conducted sit-ins. Few…

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Fact Or Fiction: Science does not support the internet’s hype of CWD jump

In this day and time there is nothing like a social media hot take to grab the world’s…

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Reagan: Republicans are doomed if they can’t unite

Another week, another round of Republicans attacking each other. This time it was over the Ukraine funding bill…

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Roff: The public pension time bomb

Across the states, America’s public employee pension plans are a ticking, insolvent time bomb. “For most states,” the…