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A Glaring Loophole for Fugitives | John L. Micek
When gun-control and gun-rights advocates clash after the latest mass shooting, you can usually count on two rhetorical…
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A Prayer for Peace That Calls Us to Act | John L. Micek
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Howard Henry’s no preacher.
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Important Caveat For Dems After Election Night Wins | John L. Micek
Heading into Tuesday night’s gubernatorial election in Virginia, national Democrats badly needed a win. After dropping some serious…
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Another Mass Shooting, More ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ | John L. Micek
“Reports out of Texas are devastating. The people of Sutherland Springs need our prayers right now,” U.S. House…
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Trump Just Keeps Digging | John L. Micek
It’s the first rule of crisis communications: When you’re in the hole, the first thing you do is…
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Trump Slams Fake News By Making Three False Claims | John L. Micek
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — President Donald Trump, who likes to denounce the “fake” news media, threw himself into the…
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The Worst Mass Shooting… Until the Next One | John L. Micek
On one level, the horror perpetrated Sunday night by lone wolf gunman Stephen Paddock, who indiscriminately sprayed gunfire…
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The NFL Beat Donald Trump at His Own Game | John L. Micek
On the day that Donald Trump tried to mess with America’s national religion, professional football took the knee…
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Beyond Trump – Can Americans Survive Each Other? | John L. Micek
Two essays this week, by two very different authors, take us deep into the tribalism that marks our…
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Where Was This Hillary Last Year? | John L. Micek
There’s a line in Hillary Clinton’s new memoir of the 2016 campaign that may be among the most…
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A Cowardly White House Using Dreamers as Human Shields | John L. Micek
Quite beyond being morally repugnant and an offense to human decency, the Trump White House’s announcement Tuesday that…
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No Action By Trump on Opioid Epidemic | John L. Micek
Earlier this month, at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J., President Donald Trump looked solemnly into the camera,…
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Two Trump Policies At Odds With One Another | John L. Micek
It’s already pretty clear that, in the Trump White House, the left hand often doesn’t know what the…