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Columns & Analysis

Published
October 7, 2023

Bob Neal: The Countryman: It’s time, Mr. President

Please step aside while time remains. And thanks again.
Published
October 6, 2023

Froma Harrop: Bring back locked mental facilities

About 20% of the homeless living on the streets of America suffer with severe mental illness, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. And with psychiatric hospitals no longer an automatic option, they fill the prisons.
Published
October 6, 2023

Clarence Page: Kevin McCarthy is out. Now whose party is in disarray? It’s the GOP’s turn

I don’t blame the MAGA crowd for being embarrassed by their standard-bearer. But, Democrats can’t afford to get too comfortable about GOP misfortunes. Disarray seldom stays in just one party for long.
Published
October 5, 2023

Bob Neal: The Countryman: Opportunity finds no home in Congress

On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives missed an opportunity. Big time. It was an opportunity for moderates in both parties to coalesce around what has become an alien notion in the House: Working together for the betterment of the country.
Published
October 4, 2023

Cal Thomas: Honest talk on immigration

With pictures showing — and border patrol agents confirming — that tens of thousands of migrants are crossing into the U.S. every day without authorization, it is a lie to say the border is secure.

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Published
October 2, 2023

Retailers bear some blame in theft epidemic

In August, Dollar General lowered its full year net sales and same store sales forecast in part because of an "approximately $100 million of additional shrink headwind."
Published
October 2, 2023

A glimmer of hope in a dysfunctional housing market

I speculated early last month that the resale inventory picture could turn in the fall. The data that has come in since then give me more confidence in that hunch.
Published
October 1, 2023

Clarence Page: In defense of old-fashioned Senate dress rules

I was raised to believe you should show your respect for important institutions, jobs and events by dressing in a way that won’t be mistaken for a visiting high school tour group.
Published
October 1, 2023

Froma Harrop: It’s really not all about money

What do we mean by "better off"? Is polo a superior sport to pickleball because it costs more? Not to underplay the benefits of economic security, but there's a difference between the high life and a good life.
Published
October 1, 2023

Austin Bay: Time to protect America’s vulnerable sea borders

America's land border disaster is costly. Unfortunately, America's shorelines, territorial waters and offshore Exclusive Economic Zones are also vulnerable to piracy, smuggling, terrorism (to include environmental terrorism) and enemy attack in war.