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The crime of our criminal justice system
By Robert Mann I’m not a lawyer, but this is one thing I know about our criminal justice system: it only works if everyone involved performs his or her job honestly and to the utmost. In too many...
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Underwhelmed by Hillary
By Robert Mann Regarding the rush to give Hillary Clinton the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, put me down as underwhelmed. I know she’s already the putative nominee. I know she’s the strongest...
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Hillary Clinton’s makeover lessons from Richard Nixon
By Robert Mann It’s makeover time on the nascent Hillary Clinton for President campaign. The New York Times reported recently that Clinton has hired a former aide to First Lady Michelle Obama,...
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Beware the crowdsmanship: Does the size of political rallies really mean much?
#481285442 / gettyimages.com By Robert Mann Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is drawing large crowds at rallies almost everywhere he goes. Nearly 10,000 in Wisconsin; 8,000 in Dallas; more than 7,000...
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Does Hillary Clinton need an extreme personality makeover?
Not long after I became press secretary for U.S. Sen. Russell Long in 1985, one of his old friends, former U.S. Rep. Joe D. Waggonner, gave me some advice. “Russell is 66,” the retired Shreveport-area...
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Bernie Sanders, the not-so-social Democrats and the not-so-democratic Socialists
Embed from Getty Images By Seán Patrick Donlan As the California Democratic primary finally, mercifully, approaches, the drama intensifies. At this point, that tension has little to do with the...
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I have some questions for Louisiana’s congressional Republicans
By Robert Mann Let’s get right to it: Your national party will nominate an unabashed racist, Donald Trump, for president. Why do you support that racist? I know you’ve been lying low lately, but you...
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Donald Trump has a racist fan club
By Robert Mann Pollsters have always struggled to accurately gauge voters’ racial attitudes, so we may never know precisely how much racism fuels Donald Trump’s candidacy. What we know with certainty,...
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North Korea may be plotting nuclear blackmail but don’t expect the press to...
By Robert Mann A distressing event unfolded last weekend as the national political press was busy freaking out over Hillary Clinton’s pneumonia and her labeling half of Donald Trump supporters a...
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Millenials mild about Clinton should be terrified of Trump
By Robert Mann I know you and your fellow millennials were wild about Sen. Bernie Sanders and many are now excited by Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson. As for Hillary Clinton, you think she’s...
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My hits and misses on the 2016 election
By Robert Mann Over the past 18 months, I’ve opined about the wacky 2016 presidential election more than any other subject. I ventured many predictions — some of them accurate, others not so much. Now...
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