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Anthony Pahnke: Farmers should unite to fight unfair trade policies
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Commentary: Who gets invited to the table? Holiday gatherings offer a lesson in leadership
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Commentary: Iran’s white SIM card scandal reveals privilege, state control, and fake dissent
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UC should go back to considering standardized tests in admissions
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Prosperity and philanthropy reborn — The conservative way forward
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Shribman: Keep your hat on
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LTTE: I liked seeing the menorah in the Item newspaper
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LTTE: Clarification on the status of the proposed Stocker dog park
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Editorial: Lower housing prices, not loan standards
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Commentary: States should reject federal school voucher scheme
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Commentary: Democrats and Republicans should each support some Independents
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Commentary: America’s unnamed crisis
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Commentary: What Democrats can learn from the British left under Margaret Thatcher
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Commentary: Your mother is dying. Doctors call it loneliness.
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Commentary: Colleges oversold education. Now they must sell connection.
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Commentary: Boomer noise-making and Gen Z’s refusal to sing along
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Commentary: When policing becomes political, public safety suffers
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Rosenthal: Thank goodness for ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’
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Shribman: Is the tide turning in Maine?
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