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TURES COLUMN: Presidential Debate Winners Barely Win Half Of All Elections
After Donald Trump’s clear victory in the first presidential debate of 2024 against Joe Biden (67 percent to 33 percent in a CNN poll), everyone’s ...
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TURES COLUMN: We’ll get different candidates only when we change the voting rules
They say that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Well, they could say the same thing about ...
by John A. Tures, Thursday, March 21, 2024 1:28 pm
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TURES COLUMN: How Israel should have handled the Gaza Terrorism Attack
Now that we have thousands of dead in Gaza, Israel struggling to fund continued attacks in the region, and many in the world condemning Israel’s ...
by John A. Tures, Monday, March 4, 2024 2:56 pm
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TURES COLUMN: Why I.V.F.s could be D.O.A. in the U.S.A. Birth control might be next on the list.
The ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court which rules that embryos are human beings has the potential to jeopardize I.V.F. clinics all over the country, ...
by John A. Tures, Tuesday, February 27, 2024 9:30 am
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TURES COLUMN: Why the DeSantis campaign collapsed, using polling data
Just after the 2022 election, Ron DeSantis was poised to become the nominee, or at least a very strong challenger to represent the Republican Party ...
by John A. Tures, Monday, January 22, 2024 4:22 pm
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TURES COLUMN: How good of a crystal ball are the first four presidential nomination elections?
As the snow dust settles from the Iowa Caucus outcome, New Hampshire voters prepare to cast their ballots, and South Carolina and Nevada await their ...
by John A. Tures, Wednesday, January 17, 2024 2:14 pm
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TURES COLUMN: The evidence shows the Civil War was fought primarily over slavery
Even though Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee shook hands at Appomattox Court House in 1865, it seems that arguments over the Civil War ...
by John A. Tures, Thursday, January 4, 2024 4:56 pm
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TURES COLUMN: A great Christian missionary who converted only one
As we approach the Christmas Season, we may think about the greatest Christian missionaries, and rate them based upon how many converts each one made. ...
by John A. Tures, Tuesday, December 19, 2023 5:55 pm
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TURES COLUMN: During the debate, the college Republicans resembled the 1980s-1990s GOP
The fourth and final pre-primary Republican debate took place at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa on Dec. 6. I attended the overflow debate watch ...
by John A. Tures, Monday, December 11, 2023 1:57 pm
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TURES COLUMN: Why Discussing Politics At Thanksgiving Is Good For Democracy And Your Family
There’s a popular meme which reads “I just saved a ton of money on Christmas gifts discussing politics during Thanksgiving Dinner.” Polls show most Americans ...
by John A. Tures, Friday, November 24, 2023 12:22 pm
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Bijan Robinson Fantasy Projections: Week 16 vs. the Giants
In Week 16 (Sunday at 1:00 PM ET), running back Bijan Robinson and the Atlanta Falcons will face…
Drake London Fantasy Projections: Week 16 vs. the Giants
In Week 16 (Sunday at 1:00 PM ET), wide receiver Drake London and the Atlanta Falcons will play…
Kyle Pitts Fantasy Projections: Week 16 vs. the Giants
Atlanta Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts will match up with the seventh-ranked passing defense of the New York…