OPINION
Mitt Romney, the Utah senator and former business executive, is merely “rich.” When the then-Massachusetts Republican ran for president against Barack Obama in 2012, he was estimated to be worth around $200 million. President Trump is also only “rich,” with a net worth somewhere in the $3 billion range, according to various estimates. Tom Steyer, the San Francisco hedge fund titan who is also running for president, is similarly situated, worth about $1.5 billion (yet he can’t seem to find a decent tie to buy for himself).
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A proposal in Alabama to limit student athletes to school sports that correspond with the gender on their birth certificate was tabled last week, with public speakers depicting it as “hateful.”
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By Puneet Ahluwalia
President Trump revved up the 62nd annual Daytona 500 and his conservative base on Sunday, giving the command as grand marshal for the NASCAR drivers to “start your engines” and airing a new TV campaign ad during the famous race.
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OPINION
Sometimes, reading the headlines, one would think America is being taken over by a foreign enemy. But turning on the news one sees that the enemy is not foreign.
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I was 16 in 1979 when Russia invaded Afghanistan. My father told me to avoid conscription at any cost, as my life in Afghanistan, unlike in Eastern Europe, wouldn’t be worth an hour’s purchase. In 1981 I joined St. Petersburg University, where a professor said not every country is “democracy material.”
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I appreciated Wendy Young’s “Deeply flawed Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) causes suffering at the U.S.-Mexico border” (Web, Feb. 8). However, the piece implies that the Americans are the bad guys. Wrong. How about offering a solution to the problem rather than pointing fingers?
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OPINION
By Abraham Wagner
While President Trump’s removal of the hate-Trump Vindman twins from their positions at the National Security Council (NSC) is being decried by the mainstream media, it is not only a long-overdue action but also reflects some fundamental misperceptions about the NSC and its operations.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden blamed losses in Iowa and New Hampshire on being outspent, saying he is now focusing on fundraising.
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Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred defended his decision not to punish any Houston Astros players following an investigation that determined the 2017 Astros used a system of live cameras and banging on trash cans to steal opposing pitchers’ signs.
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