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Who are the 1 in 4 American women who choose abortion?

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Who are the 1 in 4 American women who choose abortion?

Is it immoral to watch football?

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Is it immoral to watch football?

Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

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Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

Want to prevent sexual harassment and assault? Start by teaching kids

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Want to prevent sexual harassment and assault? Start by teaching kids

What might explain the unhappiness epidemic?

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What might explain the unhappiness epidemic?

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Sending help where it's needed most after disasters

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Sending help where it's needed most after disasters

Happy midterms! Here's a rundown of the best political zingers in history

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Happy midterms! Here's a rundown of the best political zingers in history

Three reasons the US is not ready for the next pandemic

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Three reasons the US is not ready for the next pandemic

Can Trump's White House legally ban reporters?

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Can Trump's White House legally ban reporters?

American farmers want trade partners not handouts – an agricultural economist explains

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American farmers want trade partners not handouts – an agricultural economist explains

Analysis: New data shows US hate crimes continued to rise in 2017

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Analysis: New data shows US hate crimes continued to rise in 2017

Suicide nation: What's behind the need to numb and to seek a final escape?

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Suicide nation: What's behind the need to numb and to seek a final escape?

Is it immoral to watch football?

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Is it immoral to watch football?

Sep 30, 2018

Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

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Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

Sep 27, 2018

Want to prevent sexual harassment and assault? Start by teaching kids

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Want to prevent sexual harassment and assault? Start by teaching kids

Sep 26, 2018

What might explain the unhappiness epidemic?

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What might explain the unhappiness epidemic?

Sep 19, 2018

Sending help where it's needed most after disasters

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Sending help where it's needed most after disasters

Sep 18, 2018

Happy midterms! Here's a rundown of the best political zingers in history

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Happy midterms! Here's a rundown of the best political zingers in history

Sep 4, 2018

Three reasons the US is not ready for the next pandemic

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Three reasons the US is not ready for the next pandemic

Aug 24, 2018

Can Trump's White House legally ban reporters?

National News

Can Trump's White House legally ban reporters?

Aug 9, 2018

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Would you support a smoke-free park in Butte?

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Who are the 1 in 4 American women who choose abortion?

Who are the 1 in 4 American women who choose abortion?

Is it immoral to watch football?

Is it immoral to watch football?

Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

Want to prevent sexual harassment and assault? Start by teaching kids

Want to prevent sexual harassment and assault? Start by teaching kids

What might explain the unhappiness epidemic?

What might explain the unhappiness epidemic?

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Extreme stress during childhood can hurt social learning for years to come

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Extreme stress during childhood can hurt social learning for years to come

Debunking the 6 biggest myths about 'technology addiction'

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Debunking the 6 biggest myths about 'technology addiction'

US fertility is dropping. Here's why some experts saw it coming

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US fertility is dropping. Here's why some experts saw it coming

A hangover pill? Tests on drunk mice show promise

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A hangover pill? Tests on drunk mice show promise

Messy women may actually liberate us all

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Messy women may actually liberate us all

Would America vote for Oprah for president?

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Would America vote for Oprah for president?

Keeping the people in the people's court

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Keeping the people in the people's court

Putrid pundit projections

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Putrid pundit projections

National columns and analysis

Commentary: Impeachment hearings serve as painful, hopeful reminder to veteran whistleblower

By Donald R. Soeken, The Baltimore Sun

Guest view: PSC chairman's actions outrageous

ROGER KOOPMAN

Commentary: Black millennials who refuse to vote are falling for a political fraud

By Clyde W. Ford, Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Why Jimmy Hoffa still casts a long shadow over labor

By David Witwer, Los Angeles Times

Commentary: The sleeper spy they forgot to wake up

By Ruth Goldstein, The Baltimore Sun

Commentary: Ancient Rome's lesson for Washington as impeachment inquiry progresses

By Randy S. Robbins, The Baltimore Sun

Commentary: Don't bet on Trump testifying in his impeachment inquiry

By Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times

Guest view: Celebrating our nation's hidden heroes

TIM SUMMERS

Women don’t slow down for fools like Bill O’Reilly

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Women don’t slow down for fools like Bill O’Reilly

Supreme Court jumps into a playground fight over a phony war on religion

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Supreme Court jumps into a playground fight over a phony war on religion

A case for preventing children's scraped knees

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A case for preventing children's scraped knees

It’s decision time, America — which way do we go?

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It’s decision time, America — which way do we go?

Taxes — the great uniter?

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Taxes — the great uniter?

Don't fight Trump with conspiracy theories; what's there is damning enough

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Don't fight Trump with conspiracy theories; what's there is damning enough

Awful questions, no answers

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Awful questions, no answers

Don't fight Trump with conspiracy theories; what's there is damning enough

Columns

Don't fight Trump with conspiracy theories; what's there is damning enough

Apr 14, 2017

Columns

Experience America at the time of the Great War

Apr 12, 2017

Awful questions, no answers

Columns

Awful questions, no answers

Apr 11, 2017

Did the last three years not actually happen?

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Did the last three years not actually happen?

Apr 10, 2017

Senators mourn traditions they are blowing up

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Senators mourn traditions they are blowing up

Apr 7, 2017

Baseball numbers aren't difficult. But this quiz might be.

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Baseball numbers aren't difficult. But this quiz might be.

Apr 5, 2017

Trump plays us for a fool

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Trump plays us for a fool

Apr 4, 2017

Bill O’Reilly’s a bonehead, but that’s not nice

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Bill O’Reilly’s a bonehead, but that’s not nice

Apr 3, 2017

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This is what you get, Mr. Speaker

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This is what you get, Mr. Speaker

Mar 31, 2017

Crashing down to earth

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Crashing down to earth

Mar 28, 2017

An oasis of liberty in the Arizona sun

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An oasis of liberty in the Arizona sun

Mar 27, 2017

Trump’s chickens finally come home to roost

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Trump’s chickens finally come home to roost

Mar 27, 2017

Standard view: Petty refusal to act hurts those we owe the most

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Standard view: Petty refusal to act hurts those we owe the most

Mar 26, 2017

Democrats wallowing in muck over Gorsuch decision

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Democrats wallowing in muck over Gorsuch decision

Mar 26, 2017

Lincoln was a Republican, and other discoveries by President Obvious

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Lincoln was a Republican, and other discoveries by President Obvious

Mar 23, 2017

Questions for Judge Gorsuch

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Questions for Judge Gorsuch

Mar 22, 2017

'Hood Robin' robs from poor, gives to rich

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'Hood Robin' robs from poor, gives to rich

Mar 21, 2017

Trumpcare: A bullhorn touting scorn for the poor

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Trumpcare: A bullhorn touting scorn for the poor

Mar 20, 2017

Clinton's unexpected new ally in the email investigation: Trump

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Clinton's unexpected new ally in the email investigation: Trump

Mar 17, 2017

A place to learn and celebrate America's foundational principles

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A place to learn and celebrate America's foundational principles

Mar 14, 2017

Ryan's health care plan simply a scam

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Ryan's health care plan simply a scam

Mar 13, 2017

What else, Elsie?

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What else, Elsie?

Feb 6, 2017

Americans don't want destructive president

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Americans don't want destructive president

Jan 31, 2017

Opinion Letters

Now is the time to serve our country

Jan 26, 2017

Opinion Letters

Would march have been pep rally for Hillary?

Jan 26, 2017

Opinion Letters

Canadians behaving badly in parks face consequences

Jan 26, 2017

Opinion Letters

Path to vulgarity culminated on the Capitol steps Jan. 20

Jan 26, 2017

Opinion Letters

Children's play is sexist against fathers

Jan 26, 2017

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