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FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 9, 2022. Time Magazine on Wednesday Dec. 7, 2022 named Zelenskyy its person of the year, awarding him the accolade "for proving that courage can be as contagious as fear." (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Column: President Zelenskyy holds a strong hand entering the new year

December 28, 2022 at 11:20 a.m.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine is ending 2022 in a strong and highly visible manner. On Dec. 21, he addressed both houses of the United States Congress and received multiple...

Allied infantrymen crouch low in the snow as they look out for snipers in embattled Saint Vith, Belgium, on Jan. 31, 1945 at the end of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. (AP Photo)

Column: Christmas 1944 brought the Battle of the Bulge and hell on Earth

December 21, 2022 at 5:09 p.m.

Christmas includes the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the United States. This was hell on earth. On Dec. 16, 1944, Nazi Germany...

FILE - This combo of images shows Viktor Bout, left, a suspected Russian arms dealer at the criminal court in Bangkok, on Aug. 20, 2010 and WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner, right, in a court room prior to a hearing, in Khimki, outside of Moscow, Russia, on July 27, 2022. Russia has freed WNBA star Brittney Griner in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, left, and Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Column: Brittney Griner’s release should be put into global context

December 14, 2022 at 12:21 p.m.

"Without justice, courage is weak," Ben Franklin wrote. Release of celebrity athlete Brittney Griner from a Russian prison is welcome worldwide. What of the other half of that exchange equation?...

President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron toast during a State Dinner on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Column: Macron’s state visit smooths over rough spots in U.S.-France relations

December 6, 2022 at 4:17 p.m.

President Emmanuel Macron of France and his wife Brigitte have just completed a formal state visit to the United States hosted by President and Mrs. Joe Biden. The polished public...

Thomas Nast's cartoon "Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation" (1863) is one of the images most associated with Lincoln's historic proclamation. It was printed over two pages in the December 5,1863 edition of Harper's Weekly. The kneeling female figure represents Columbia at the Union altar, with a laurel for victory laid on it and war-torn flags on either side of her.

Column: Thanksgiving and Lincoln’s legacy

November 21, 2022 at 4:49 p.m.

Thanksgiving means actual, not contrived, inclusiveness. President Abraham Lincoln profoundly demonstrates this fundamental point. On October 3, 1863, the White House issued the Thanksgiving Proclamation, declaring the last Thursday of...

FILE - U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands before a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting on Nov. 14, 2022, in Bali, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Column: Biden-Xi meeting shows there is still lots of work to be done in U.S.-China relations

November 16, 2022 at 11:02 a.m.

On Monday, Nov. 14, presidents Joe Biden of the United State and Xi Jinping of China met in Bali, Indonesia. This provided an opportunity for direct, though informal interchange between...

A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber flies over Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Jan 10, 2016. The Australian defense minister on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022 played down the significance of a major upgrade of B-52 facilities planned for northern Australia that has raised China's ire, saying the nuclear-capable U.S. bombers had been visiting since the 1980s.

Column: Australia remains a vital U.S. ally

November 8, 2022 at 11:36 a.m.

With little media notice, the U.S. plans to deploy up to six B-52 strategic bombers to Northern Australia. This imposing, and enormously capable, long-range strategic bomber is one of the...

FILE - Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduces the Cybertruck at Tesla's design studio on Nov. 21, 2019, in Hawthorne, Calif. Days after taking over Twitter and a week before the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, Musk has positioned himself as moderator-in-chief of one of the most important social media platforms in American politics. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Column: Elon Musk rightly advocates freedom of speech

November 2, 2022 at 8:53 a.m.

"Big Brother Is Watching You." That was the pervasive punchline in British writer George Orwell's novel "1984." Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, after considerable conflict, gives the colorful capitalist an...

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), in Astana, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. (Ramil Sitdikov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Column: Central Asia is important, but largely ignored

October 19, 2022 at 9:01 a.m.

"Just too many 'Stans.'" So declared a sizable Englishman in the dining room of the National Liberal Club in London about three decades ago, in the wake of the dramatic...

The Congressional statue of former President Harry S. Truman is unveiled in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Column: President Harry S. Truman receives overdue tribute

October 12, 2022 at 7:02 a.m.

"Give 'em hell Harry." That was the preeminent statement applied to President Harry S. Truman, and accurately sums up his political and more general style while in the White House,...

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