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Suggestions to the President

Tue, July 17, 2018 | 05:32

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Will Trump confront Putin on issues such as election meddling?

Even during the Cold War, it made sense for U.S. presidents to meet with leaders of what was then the Soviet Union. Personal contact between the president of the United States and the president of the Russian Federation can likewise be productive; Russia and the United States need to deal with each other on issues such as Syria, North Korea, nuclear arms control and Ukraine. So why are we apprehensive about the planned meeting of President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on July 16?

Guest Column | 2018-07-06 16:02

Trump's space force: President right to seek security in the sky

Many Americans gaze at the sky and see only a vast uncharted frontier for exploration. But President Donald Trump reminds Americans that there's another potential reality in space: It could become a military battlefield, a place where this nation's independence is protected or lost.

Guest Column | 2018-07-05 17:04

A new day in Mexico

Riding a wave of voter anger against rigged, cheating elites, crime and institutional corruption (sound familiar?), former Mexico City mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador upended Mexico's political order with a landslide election win Sunday.

Guest Column | 2018-07-05 16:50

Big tech is a big problem

Have the tech giants - Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft - grown too big, rich, and powerful for regulators and politicians ever to take them on?

Guest Column | 2018-07-04 17:51

US must not turn away refugees fleeing war, persecution

World War II lasted six years and caused the deaths of about 60 million people, three-quarters of them civilians. It involved some 40 nations - significantly more than half of the countries in existence at the time - and laid waste to vast swaths of Europe, Asia, North Africa and islands scattered across the western Pacific.

Guest Column | 2018-07-04 17:40

Misusing the Bible

Recent events in the United States bring to the forefront once again, how many Christians read the Bible and use its contents to justify almost anything one can imagine.

Guest Column | 2018-07-03 16:53

Trump must quit embracing autocrats who squash the press

In the wake of the murder of five journalists at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, I can't help recalling a tweet by Donald Trump just after he returned from his love fest with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un in Singapore.

Guest Column | 2018-07-03 16:44

Thoughts on the refugee crisis

The arrival of 500 refugees from Yemen on Jeju Island as brought the refugee issue home to South Korea. Over the weekend, hundreds of protesters in Seoul demonstrated against the refugees being resettled here, while a smaller group rallied in support of welcoming the refugees.

Guest Column | 2018-07-03 14:07

Jeju Uprising anniversary can shape response to Yemeni refugees

Understanding Jeju's complex and buried history can provide context for and connections to the current Yemeni refugee crisis.

Guest Column | 2018-07-02 17:20

When online hatred turns real

The column that began Jarrod Ramos' vendetta against the Annapolis Capital was about a court case in which he had been convicted of harassment.

Guest Column | 2018-07-02 15:22

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