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The tangled web of gun politics

“I like taking guns away early,” the president of the United States said. “Take guns first, go through due process later.”President Barack Obama had a way of stating things that often went to the heart of the matter. But a call to upend the basic tenants of the American justice system - ...

Trump, Jackson and the U.S. future

In November 1832, a convention of South Carolina political activists approved a measure whereby the state might reject any law passed by the Congress in Washington.The activists’ immediate concern was the high protection tariff Congress had imposed four years earlier. The tariff, which ...

Elizabeth Warren, the practical one

If Democrats want to nominate someone for president who knows the ins and outs of government and is adept at political maneuver, they might very well choose, not former vice president Joe Biden, the Mr. Put-It-Together of the Obama administration, but Elizabeth Warren, the liberal fire-brand ...

Dems have impeachment dilemma

Democrats, you have a problem.On Tuesday, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee opened an impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump.Brushing aside weeks of obfuscation, the committee chairman, Jerry Nadler, laid it on the line. His committee, he said, has set out on a course that may — just ...

White and black: the 2020 Census

Want to end racism, or lessen our racial animosities? Then stop requiring people to say if they are white, black, or brown. Why should it matter? We’re all Americans, right?ThatĢƵ the point of a Virginia lawsuit. A Rockingham County couple - Brandyn Churchill and Sophie Rogers - joined the ...

A rumble, a ride, a doubleheader

Yesterday marked an anniversary of sorts. Sept. 7, 1958, was a Sunday, and nothing unusual happened. Except that we drove to Pittsburgh to see a ballgame.The Pirates vs. the Braves at Forbes Field. A doubleheader, rare today but a regular feature of the baseball season in those days.By ...