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Steve Chapman: Donald Trump wants Americans to be terrified of his wrath

President Donald Trump wants to instill panic in anyone who might possibly stand in his...

01.10.2025 10

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Steve Chapman: Donald Trump pioneers a strange policy: Republican socialism

Socialism used to be the antithesis of Republican principles. But Donald Trump has begun a...

03.09.2025 20

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Steve Chapman: Donald Trump’s grand plan to lose friends and squander influence

In Trump's “America First” calculus, we don’t need friends — because we can get what...

06.08.2025 30

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Steve Chapman: Congress and the Supreme Court approve Donald Trump’s drive for absolute power

The question is not whether Congress or the Supreme Court has the power to stop...

02.07.2025 10

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Steve Chapman: Donald Trump’s campaign of intimidation echoes the worst of our past

President Donald Trump and his allies are seeking to rule through systematic intimidation. It has...

04.06.2025 7

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Steve Chapman: President Donald Trump’s policies are an education in folly

This clownfest dramatizes something Americans had but didn’t appreciate: a functioning system administered by people...

07.05.2025 4

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Steve Chapman: Crackdown on abortion providers and seekers is reminiscent of the Fugitive Slave Act

The parallels between anti-abortion states cracking down on abortion seekers and providers and the slavery...

02.04.2025 10

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Steve Chapman: A law that’s a boon for your bladder, pioneered by Illinois

Illinois' law mandating that one-person public bathrooms be gender-neutral has some conspicuous virtues.

05.03.2025 20

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Steve Chapman: Donald Trump puts his former aides at risk of assassination

Donald Trump is nonchalant about the grave risks the men face as a direct result...

06.02.2025 3

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Steve Chapman: For 2025, we should resist despair — but also false hope

The question whose answer will become clearer this year is whether the great American experiment...

02.01.2025 10

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Steve Chapman: For Donald Trump, victory is not vindication 

Enjoying the powers entrusted to them by the Constitution, Americans elected a man who is...

07.11.2024 10

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Steve Chapman: Kamala Harris claims the cause of freedom

Given Donald Trump’s many attacks on basic liberties, all Democrats have to do to look...

03.10.2024 20

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Steve Chapman: JD Vance keeps proving he’s a terrible choice for vice president

JD Vance brings to mind Spiro Agnew, whose selection by Republican Richard Nixon in 1968...

05.09.2024 2

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Steve Chapman: The false alarms about socialism keep coming as Kamala Harris campaigns

Socialism, according to conservatives, has been perpetually imminent in America for at least 60 years...

01.08.2024 3

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