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TURES COLUMN: All kinds of freedoms are on trial after Supreme Court opinion on abortion

With the draft opinion of the Supreme Court ruling on abortion from the Dobbs case, we have a better idea about how the court feels ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Thursday, May 12, 2022 10:30 am

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TURES COLUMN: Let’s help HS grads by doubling Pell Grants

A few years ago, American kids were being knocked for making dumb choices on their future.  Whether those preferences were real or fake, my current ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Thursday, May 5, 2022 11:30 am

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TURES COLUMN: It looks like Le Pen won’t write France’s future, for now

France recently held their election, which resulted in a repudiation of authoritarianism and the politics of Putin. Given that France is like the United States, ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Thursday, April 28, 2022 9:30 am

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TURES COLUMN: A Gentleman in Moscow … and Miami

In 2016, Amor Towles set the world of literature afire with his best-selling novel A Gentleman in New York. The book covers a rich character, ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Thursday, April 21, 2022 9:30 am

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TURES COLUMN: Realism vs. Christianity during Easter week

Throughout the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I’ve received several emails touting either realism, or a noted realist scholar. The sender usually adds some words of ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Thursday, April 14, 2022 10:30 am

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TURES COLUMN: Why Democracies beat autocracies

Throughout modern politics, there is a certain romanticization of autocracy, where its adherents presume that “the leader” can do no wrong. At the same time, ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Wednesday, April 6, 2022 10:30 am

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TURES COLUMN: Did calling attention to the crime of lynching make a difference?

As I write this, President Joseph Biden is signing into law the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act.  It recalls the struggle many in this country had ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Thursday, March 31, 2022 10:30 am

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TURES COLUMN: How dogs can protect us from African swine fever and other invaders

As we finally turn the corner from COVID-19, I’m sure you are going to be dismayed to learn that we’ve got another problem heading toward ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Wednesday, March 23, 2022 9:30 am

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TURES COLUMN: Is the rejection of voting ballots a partisan affair?

At the beginning of the movie “Selma,” Annie Lee Cooper, played by Oprah Winfrey, is denied the right to vote with a Jim Crow-era impossible ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Thursday, March 17, 2022 10:30 am

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TURES COLUMN: For Lessons On Russia vs. Ukraine, Look At USSR vs. Hungary In 1956

A smaller country wrests itself free from an authoritarian foe. Its leadership seeks its own destiny and independence. A brutal invasion follows, ordered by an ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Friday, March 11, 2022 11:30 am

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