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Ralph Z. Hallow was the chief political correspondent of commentary, served on the Chicago Tribune, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Washington Times editorial boards, was Ford Foundation Fellow in Urban Journalism at Northwestern University, resident at Columbia University Editorial-Page Editors Seminar and has filed from Berlin, Bonn, London, Paris, Geneva, Vienna, Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Belgrade, Bucharest, Panama and Guatemala.

Articles by Ralph Z. Hallow

Federal appellate judge Amy Coney Barrett. Ms. Barrett is on President Trump's list of potential Supreme Court appointees, and considered to be a strong contender for the seat vacated by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death. (Associated Press photo) **FILE**

Naming Justice Ginsburg’s replacement may promote violence that hurts Biden, Dems in November

President Trump knows he will have to name someone -- preferably Judge Amy Coney Barrett -- to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

September 19, 2020

President Trump is shown here in this undated file photo with RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel. (Associated Press/File) **FILE**

A civil war over Donald Trump and the GOP platform?

It's hard to believe the party of President Donald Trump and Ronna Romney McDaniel can be so out of sync and dysfunctional this late in the game. But, God help us, it does appear so, judging by the way the GOP is handling its official 2020 party platform.

August 23, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Aug. 15. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

President Trump’s missing DNA

Only desperately lonely people -- and a scattering of special-interest addicts -- read party platforms. Said lonely souls and interest addicts will find no trace of President Trump's DNA in the Republican party platform this year.

August 16, 2020

United Left has ‘skinned the Redskins and America, as the Right looks on

The Washington Redskins' impending change to a politically correct name is the latest example of what happens when the right fails to unite against the left's mobs.

July 14, 2020

Fireworks seen from the Lincoln Memorial explode over the Potomac River for Independence Day, Thursday, July 4, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Our last happy Fourth of July, or just our last period?

Sometimes just when you're feeling up, tears come and take you by surprise. As a happy Fourth of July greeting, my wife and I sent friends the link of The Texas Tenors singing "God Bless the USA."

July 3, 2020

People hold a rally at Wendy's on University Avenue in Atlanta on Sunday, June 14, 2020. Rayshard Brooks died after a confrontation with police officers at the fast-food restaurant in Atlanta on Friday. (Steve Schaefer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Resisting arrest is Atlanta’s killer — and America’s

The crime in Atlanta's latest racial explosion is that city authorities with hair-trigger quickness fired Officer Garrett Rolfe for shooting Rayshard Brooks in the back.

June 15, 2020

In this Oct. 20, 2011, file photo, traffic passes the New York Times building in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

All the nonsense that fits, The New York Times prints

Here we go again. The New York Times has managed to turn a simple news story into an America-bashing, racial-grievance screed.

June 11, 2020

Police fire tear gas and less-lethal rounds at protesters during a demonstration at the intersection of East Lake Street and Hiawatha Avenue, Friday, May 29, 2020, in St. Paul, Minn. Protests continued following the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

What happens when you apologize to rioters?

Minnesota government and police officials raised pant legs to reveal something ugly on Saturday.

May 31, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Sunday, April 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Why Donald Trump’s hydroxychloroquine fixation drives White House lynch corps nuts

It was hard not to think of President Trump as the Queen of England delivered one of the most moving speeches imaginable in this difficult coronavirus-plagued time.

April 6, 2020

Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Friday, May 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Fire Kennedy Center chief who sacked the National Symphony after getting $25M in virus relief

Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter has pulled a surprise attack on the National Symphony Orchestra's 96 musicians.

March 30, 2020

President Donald Trump listens as others speak about the coronavirus in the Cabinet Room of the White House during a meeting with representatives of American nurses, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

It’s the virus, stupid — not the economy

Forget that President Trump brought us record-low unemployment and a growing economy. It's over. Gone. The Donald's re-election now depends completely on earning an "A" for Wuhan-virus leadership.

March 18, 2020

From left, Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and former Vice President Joe Biden, participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate at the Gaillard Center, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in Charleston, S.C., co-hosted by CBS News and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Joe Biden-Bernie Sanders Democratic debate: What to look for in Sunday’s mano a mano

Sunday night is your night to test drive -- OK, test watch -- your man of la gramofono and the next Democratic nominee for president.

March 15, 2020

Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg speaks at the the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2020 Conference, Monday, March 2, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mike Bloomberg decides night before Super Tuesday to court Donald Trump’s 2016 Dems

Where's Mike Bloomberg's $60-billion plus brain? On Monday, the night before Super Tuesday, the billionaire and former New York City mayor lands a Fox News town hall and uses it to court President Trump's 2016 Democratic voters.

March 3, 2020

Democratic presidential candidates, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg arrives for a Democratic presidential primary debate Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Las Vegas, hosted by NBC News and MSNBC. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Nevada debate confirms Mike Bloomberg only credible Trump thumper

President Trump was winning the Democratic presidential nomination debate in Nevada on Wednesday until former New York City Mayor and billionaire Mike Bloomberg stopped dodging, weaving and apologizing -- and started punching.

February 20, 2020

Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg speaks during the Alabama Democratic Conference Luncheon at Embassy Suites in Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. (Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

Mike Bloomberg and Amy Klobuchar — It doesn’t take 2020 to see it

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg would be foolish to choose anyone other than Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota as his running mate in the presidential race.

February 11, 2020

A pedestrian walks past a sign for the Iowa Caucuses on a downtown skywalk, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Iowa caucuses should remain part of electoral democracy

Long live the Iowa caucuses, the quintessential expression of electoral democracy in America.

February 4, 2020

In this March 5, 2019, file photo, then-National Security Adviser John Bolton adjusts his glasses before an interview at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Think John Bolton is bad? Beware of Lindsey Graham and Mike Pompeo

Former Trump National Security Adviser John R. Bolton is stabbing the president and the presidency itself in the back by publishing a tell-all book before the November elections.

January 28, 2020

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.,, center, speaks as fellow candidates businessman Tom Steyer, from left, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., former Vice President Joe Biden, former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. listen, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Democrats take stage, wave bye-bye

When House Democratic managers tromp to the Senate Wednesday to caterwaul their contempt for President Trump, saddened onlookers will wonder this: Where's the Democratic Party we once knew, and to which some of us once belonged?

January 19, 2020

Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson holds his dog Dilyn after voting in the general election at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, London, Thursday Dec. 12, 2019. Dogs wait outside while their owners go into polling stations to cast their ballot in a general election Thursday Dec. 12, 2019. U.K. voters are deciding Thursday who they want to resolve the stalemate over Brexit in a parliamentary election widely seen as one of the most decisive in modern times. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Boris Johnson win boosts Donald Trump and, yes, Mike Bloomberg

The election results in Britain are great news for Michael Bloomberg and, for different reasons, Donald Trump and champions of nationalism everywhere.

December 12, 2019

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a campaign stop, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, in Hillsboro, N.H. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) ** FILE **

Democrats as complacent about Trump in 2016 as Republicans are about socialism in 2020

Nobody as far left as socialist Sen. Bernard Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth "I'm not a socialist" Warren can possibly win a U.S. general election, right?

November 29, 2019