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Ralph Z. Hallow

Ralph Z. Hallow

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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

Bedminister, we have a problem

Your typical dictator of a small country might as well be a mouse for all the notice the world pays, unless two things happen.

August 10, 2017
In this undated photo of a group of immigrants, who arrived at Ellis Island in New York, wait in line to begin immigration proceedings. Senior White House aide Stephen Miller told reporters Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, that the poem written by Emma Lazarus about the "huddled masses" is not part of the original Statue of Liberty. Miller says the Statue of Liberty is a "symbol of American liberty lighting the world" and suggested the statue had little to do with immigrants. The National Park Services says Lazarus' sonnet depicts the statue as a symbol of immigration and opportunity. (AP Photo/File)

Put skilled foreigners first in immigration line

If you can flash a college diploma, boast a skill that promotes our national interests, mouth English with credible clarity, and have a job awaiting you in, say, Cleveland, immigration officials will greet you with thumbs up and a smile. George W. Bush tried to add merit as an immigration criterion in 2007.

August 9, 2017
President Trump's Twitter page (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump and Republican Party

The "Never Trump" contingent in the Republican Party loves to meow the penetrating insight that President Trump wasn't always a Republican and -- psst ... isn't really a conservative.

August 7, 2017
This image made from video of a news bulletin aired by North Korea's KRT on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, shows what was said to be North Korea leader Kim Jong-un, center, applauding after the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM, in North Korea's northwest. (KRT via AP Video)

Take out Kim Jong-un? Sure. Here’s how

Whether those are war clouds forming far across the sea depends on how close that July 4 missile test by Kim Jong-un has come to crossing the line for President Trump.

July 7, 2017
A woman takes photos at a Fourth of July display of flags Tuesday, July 4, 2017, in Merriam, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Fourth of July — What this day is all about

Let's start by saying, here's to all of you, enjoying your favorite 5th (750 ml) on this grand 4th, or teetotaling your favorite liquid, or having a family ice-cream eating contest in celebration of this incredible anniversary.

July 4, 2017
Marc Short White House Director of Legislative Affairs for President Donald Trump, left, and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speak in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, June 5, 2017, before ceremony to announce the Air Traffic Control Reform Initiative. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Marc Short has skills to be Donald Trump’s spokesman

You probably never heard of him before, but Marc Short is that balding guy who was on Fox News on Sunday. The event was a bit strange, in the sense that it was the first TV appearance in his long political-managerial career.

July 2, 2017
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Illinois Republican (Associated Press) ** FILE **

GOP was never anti-Russia

Politico, the online anti-Trump truncheon, has once again dived off the deep end into an empty pool, this time by deifying a GOP congressman for fighting against President Trump's supposed reversal of the GOP's anti-Russia "philosophy."

June 27, 2017
President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Donald Trump rides again

The Donald is back, and he's keeping the Democrats up at night as they try to find a way back into American politics.

June 22, 2017