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Gregory J. Wallance, Opinion Contributor

Gregory J. Wallance, Opinion Contributor

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Driving Maduro from power may prove to be the easy part

The president assembles a fleet of warships off the shores of an oil rich country run by a brutal dictator. He orders hundreds of air strikes against...

16.12.2025 7

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Gregory J. Wallance, Opinion Contributor

We can learn about 'trad wives' from Diane Keaton’s finest role

The “trad wife” trend online comprises a small but visible movement of women who advocate a “return to traditional gender norms” through...

21.10.2025 10

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Gregory J. Wallance, Opinion Contributor

What Democrats can learn from Robert Redford's 'The Candidate'

In the 1972 movie “The Candidate,” Robert Redford plays Bill McKay, a public interest lawyer and longshot Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator...

23.09.2025 5

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Gregory J. Wallance, Opinion Contributor

Why Trump’s jokes fall flat

His deep insecurity and fear-based rhetoric isn’t suited to classy presidential humor.

09.09.2025 10

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Gregory J. Wallance, Opinion Contributor

Trump wants to honor traitors and racist myths in our national parks and shrines

I have a report to make about two inappropriate, if not anti-American, displays planned for our public spaces — by the Trump administration itself.

12.08.2025 20

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Gregory J. Wallance, Opinion Contributor

Trump and Bondi have degraded the once-proud Justice Department

The Epstein mess at the Department of Justice calls to mind Herman Wouk’s World War II novel “The Caine Mutiny.”

29.07.2025 10

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Gregory J. Wallance, Opinion Contributor

Adios, isolationism: Trump embraces role as global cop

In 2022, then-Senate candidate JD Vance staked the isolationist flag by saying, “I don’t really care what happens to Ukraine one way or the other.”

15.07.2025 7

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Gregory J. Wallance, Opinion Contributor

What Thomas Paine would say to Americans today

I find myself thinking these days about the American revolutionaries, especially Thomas Paine.

22.04.2025 10

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Gregory J. Wallance, Opinion Contributor

Trump is throwing away America’s Cold War victory

Russians may soon be triumphantly celebrating VA Day — Victory Over America Day

11.03.2025 20

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Gregory J. Wallance, Opinion Contributor

Sorry, President Trump: Drag shows are American as apple pie

Soon after Pearl Harbor, the armed forces, recognizing that entertaining soldiers at home and abroad was necessary for morale, encouraged drag...

25.02.2025 10

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Gregory J. Wallance, Opinion Contributor

We used to honor our heroic defenders — Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons ended that

According to Trump’s proclamation, his clemency corrected a “grave national injustice.” The rioters, in other words, were the victims that day,...

28.01.2025 9

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Gregory J. Wallance, Opinion Contributor

Biden and Blinken interviews reveal tragic ‘what ifs’

The most striking about the interviews was how the two men unintentionally highlighted opportunities they missed that might have avoided November’s...

14.01.2025 4

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Gregory J. Wallance, Opinion Contributor

Stop Trump’s mad Greenland scheme before it gets started

Vladimir Putin, who has made no secret of his desire to assert Russian hegemony over Eastern Europe, would relish seeing Trump put those boundaries...

01.01.2025 5

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Gregory J. Wallance, Opinion Contributor

Trump is 'painting targets' for political retribution

Effectively, Trump told the chief law enforcement officers in his coming administration to investigate the Jan. 6 committee members for a crime...

19.12.2024 7

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Gregory J. Wallance, Opinion Contributor