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Opinion

America’s bright and dark side, all in a day

Columns

The seventh of April: Put it down as the most schizophrenic day in United States history. While the nation waited with bated breath to see if Donald Trump would keep his threat to destroy the ancient Iranian "civilization" by 8 p.m. ET, we also glimpsed the dark side of the moon for the first ...

Trump wants more guns and should get them

Columns

If he has to choose between guns and butter, President Trump has made it clear he wants the guns. This is the right choice for our national security, and reflects, as well, a correct assessment of what should be the federal government's top priority — not funding social services, but ...

Tax the rich?

Columns

"Tax the rich!" shout progressives. Why not? America's richest people are ridiculously rich. "Five bucks to you is like $6 million to billionaire Jeff Bezos!" shrieks Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Taking more from billionaires and millionaires just seems fair. That's why Washington state ...

Trumps threats signal moral and ethical weakness

Editorial

Article 52 of the first additional protocol to the Geneva conventions prohibits attacks on civilian targets. It is on those grounds that the international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for Russian military officers and officials responsible for attacks on Ukraine’s energy ...

Neocon Don’s exit ramp in Iran is a cliff

Columns

PARIS — When President Donald Trump vowed to neutralize the warmongering neocon establishment in Washington, hardly anyone imagined his master plan would involve hugging it so tightly that he couldn't tell where it ended and he began — and then politically self-immolating like he was ...

AG warns tax filing time can spur identity theft

Editorial

With the April 15 tax filing deadline less than a week away, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is reissuing her consumer alert on tax-related identity theft and urging residents to protect themselves. Tax-related identity theft occurs when someone uses stolen personal information to file a ...