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The parade is only part of the show
What do we do now, with reality catching up to a play-acting approach to governing?
Jun 14
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Dissing patriots, displeasing gods
How renaming a Navy ship reveals a nation's misplaced priorities
Jun 7
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REX SMITH
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May 2025
A baby bonus isn't what we need
American families need help that paying people to have babies won't provide
May 31
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REX SMITH
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Hope is a thing with a diploma
Relying on resurgent conscience and good journalism to do battle with Trumpism
May 24
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REX SMITH
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Good neighbors, please step up now
An increasingly isolated people now find their nation similarly needing connections
May 17
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REX SMITH
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Here's your burger, Pop. And a lesson, too.
Don't delude yourself into thinking your big talk is enough to combat Trumpism
May 10
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REX SMITH
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Why this May Day leaves me frightened
This is not just a sweet spring holiday, nor a time for ordinary dissent
May 3
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REX SMITH
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April 2025
When reality clashes with anchored beliefs
What will happen as the turmoil of this presidency confronts the MAGA faithful?
Apr 26
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REX SMITH
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If you can't sing, whistle. But do something.
The American resistance to Trumpism is emerging, but it requires full engagement
Apr 19
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REX SMITH
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Getting a nation's birthday gift ready
Next year is America's 250th -- but is there any will to celebrate it?
Apr 12
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If the daffodils can make it, so can we
Amid the chaos of Trump's assault on America, there are reasons for hope
Apr 5
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REX SMITH
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March 2025
When talk of a banana revealed truth
And how today's public officials do their best to obscure it
Mar 29
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