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TURES COLUMN: Tribute to Grady Loveless

On September 14, Major Graden “Grady” E. Loveless passed away. He may not get the attention of Queen Elizabeth II’s death, but I’ll be at ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Wednesday, September 21, 2022 10:30 am

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TURES COLUMN: Mirror, mirror on the wall, which tax system is the fairest of them all?

A non-partisan, non-profit tax policy organization made headlines by noting that most Californians pay a smaller share of their income in taxes than they do in ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Saturday, September 17, 2022 11:30 am

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TURES COLUMN: Post-9/11: hard lessons from ignoring soft power

In the aftermath of 9/11, Afghanistan and Iraq, we need to ask ourselves about America’s power, and how best to use it. A pair of ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Friday, September 9, 2022 10:30 am

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TURES COLUMN: When ‘Florida man’ helped defend our rights, 60 years ago

The term “Florida Man,” is often used as a derisive reference to a male resident of the Sunshine State.  But sixty years ago, a “Florida ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Tuesday, September 6, 2022 10:30 am

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TURES COLUMN: The Kabul evacuation and lessons from a survivor of Saigon

A year ago, as Afghanistan fell, doomed by the Doha Deal with the Taliban signed in 2020, I was thinking of a close friend’s story ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Wednesday, August 24, 2022 10:30 am

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TURES COLUMN: Trump’s many claims on classified documents at Mar-A-Lago

When the FBI executed a search warrant (not a raid, as Trump’s text claims) of classified documents at the former President’s Mar-A-Lago resort, we’ve been ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Thursday, August 18, 2022 9:30 am

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TURES COLUMN: Will killing Al-Zawahiri make him a footnote or a martyr?

A drone strike took out Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, accused of being one of the leaders behind 9/11, in Afghanistan. The first question most have ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Tuesday, August 9, 2022 11:30 am

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BOWEN COLUMN: Untold merit

There’s merit in what you’re about to read, just not sure what it is (Yellowstone 2022, Day 1, Sunday, July 10) Read more

by John A. Tures, Tuesday, August 9, 2022 10:30 am

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TURES COLUMN: Bill Russell and Nichelle Nichols and their greatest roles you may not know

America has lost a pair of icons from the 1960s…and other decades of course.  Those two would be legendary basketball champion Bill Russell of the ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Thursday, August 4, 2022 2:00 am

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TURES COLUMN: Evidence of Congressional bipartisanship

It’s common for political extremists to get the media’s attention and for pundits to claim that there is no cooperation across party lines. But as ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Thursday, July 21, 2022 11:30 am

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