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Steve Chapman: Will a Republican president start a war with Mexico?

In 1916, with Europe embroiled in armed hostilities, President Woodrow Wilson won reelection on the slogan “He kept us out of war.” In 2024,...

07.09.2023 10

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Steve Chapman: Who deserves the credit for our surprisingly strong economy?

America’s economic past is littered with depressions and recessions, which destroyed jobs, bankrupted businesses and spread misery. But one downturn...

03.08.2023 1

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Steve Chapman: A plea bargain is Donald Trump’s best option

Donald Trump is campaigning to return to the White House, which Bill Clinton once called “the crown jewel of the federal penal system.” But Trump...

06.07.2023 1

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Steve Chapman: Republicans used to be champions of individual freedom. Not anymore.

In 2015, a group of conservative Republicans in the U.S. House came together in hopes of gaining leverage over GOP Speaker John Boehner and foiling...

01.06.2023 4

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Steve Chapman: The fentanyl crisis confirms the folly of the never-ending war on drugs

The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly subsided, but another deadly plague continues to rage across America: drug overdoses. They caused more than 106,000...

04.05.2023 3

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Steve Chapman: Political convention sites simply don’t matter on Election Day

Editor’s note: With this column, longtime columnist and reader favorite Steve Chapman returns to the paper with an original piece for the Tribune...

05.04.2023 3

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