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OP-ED: For Trump, character matters

Leaving aside all the sometimes legitimate and sometimes illegitimate responses from defenders of former President Donald Trump following his indictment by a New York grand jury, there is something that would have made all the difference for the 45th president had he focused on it as his top ...

EDITORIAL: Don’t tie pensions to inflation

Government employees need not fret how wild swings in financial markets will affect their pensions. Public employment is the last bastion of the “defined benefit” pension plan.Public pension plans — funded by workers, taxpayers, and plan investments — must pay the defined benefit.The ...

OP-ED: Will Republicans find a way to get their way in 2024?

Twelve or 13 months from now, the race for the Republican nomination for president — and the race for the Democratic nomination, if there is one — will probably be over.Prognostications this far ahead of such contests have a sad history. Just ask Rudy Giuliani or Jeb Bush what it felt like ...