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Podcast: The crucial role of political centrists

Podcast: The crucial role of political centrists

The world appears to be one of political extremes, with the far right and far left denigrating each other on a regular basis. But could the future lie with politicians who appeal to a larger group? This week's guest on the "Let's Find Common Ground" podcast says yes.

Former CIA agent and Republican congressman Will Hurd of San Antonio won three terms in Texas’s 23rd congressional district, a district he was told he could never win because it was bright blue, while he was red.


He says he succeeded by engaging with everyone, not just voters who shared all his beliefs – and he believes others can do the same. Just don’t call them moderates.


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Beware for all the president’s men (and women)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, White House' border czar' Tom Homan, and Attorney General Pam Bondi listen as President Donald Trump speaks before swearing in the new Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 24, 2026.

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Beware for all the president’s men (and women)

If I were Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, I might start packing up my office at the Pentagon.

While President Trump is boasting about the so-called success of a war with Iran that has no clear mission nor end in sight, Americans are souring on it. Big time.

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Cancel Cesar Chavez: Continue The Fight For Justice
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Cancel Cesar Chavez: Continue The Fight For Justice

As a young journalist, I covered the funeral of Cesar Chavez in 1993 and have interviewed Dolores Huerta several times over the past 30 years.

They were heroes to me and my family, icons of the Chicano civil rights movement.

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President Trump Demonstrates Why Euphemisms Damage Democracy

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) depart the White House on their way to Florida on March 20, 2026 in Washington, DC.

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President Trump Demonstrates Why Euphemisms Damage Democracy

In politics, words matter. In democratic politics, they matter even more.

Great political leaders have long recognized that fact.

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A President in Sheep’s Clothing and a Democracy in Decline

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media traveling on Air Force One while heading to Miami on March 7, 2026.

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A President in Sheep’s Clothing and a Democracy in Decline

Like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, America’s president is undermining the Republic by evading checks, consolidating power, and attacking democratic norms. He disguises his malicious intentions as innocence while dismantling policies and programs that would help citizens.

In earlier opinions, I wrote about three forces that corrode democracy: hypocrisy, corruption, and confusion. Hypocrisy creates a false image of leadership; corruption erodes public trust and suppresses voter participation; confusion keeps the public from seeing the truth. Together, they weaken the Republic.

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