RICHARD HARRIS
- Op-Ed essay samples
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Israel & Russia at the Auschwitz Anniversary
comparison of conduct of Israel (vs. Gaza) and Russia (vs. Ukraine)
- The Times of Israel Feb 6, 2025, The Blogs
- The Times of Israel 2025-02-06 archive
- New Wichita "camping" ordinance
could have deadly consquences for homeless
critique of Wichita's proposed punishments for the homeless
- Wichita Eagle / Kansas.com, Dec. 14, 2024, Opinion page
- Wichita Eagle 2024-12-14/15 archive, on Kansas.com
- PDF of CLIPPING, online edition, Dec. 14, 2024
- Libertarian ideals are behind Wichita contempt for homeless
critique & prescription for Wichita's homeless crisis
- Wichita Eagle / Kansas.com, Oct. 19, 2023, Opinion page
- Wichita Eagle 2023-10-19/20 archive, on Kansas.com
- PHOTO of CLIPPING, print edition, Oct. 20, 2023
- PHOTO of FULL PAGE
- The Guilty Went Free?
"Culture of arch-conservatism fostered intolerance in the Springs"
- Colorado Springs Gazette,
(Colorado's 2nd-largest newspaper),
- ESSAY, July 1, 2023
- PHOTO of CLIPPING, print edition, July 1, 2023
- PHOTO of FULL PAGE
- Israel vs. America?
"Will judicial overhaul cost Israel its allyship with America?"
-Ynet, the English-language website of
Yedioth Ahronoth (Israel's largest newspaper),
- ESSAY on Ynet, March 10, 2023
- PDF of CLIPPING
- PDF of Ynet 2023-03-10 HOME PAGE (essay identified with arrow)
- Memorial Day
"the Children who die for our Freedoms ~ Uvalde, Texas, and next"
Revision, for the start of the NRA's 2022 national convention in Houston:
- Houston Chronicle, May 29&30, 2022
- Houston Chronicle 2022-05-29 online edition
- PHOTO of CLIPPING, print edition, Memorial Day, May 30, 2022, page A11
- PHOTO of FULL PAGE
Original, for the
- Wichita Eagle, May 27, 2022
- Kansas.com 2022-05-27 online
- PHOTO of CLIPPING
- Mauritius: From democracy, down the slope to tyranny
critque of severe internet censorship in Mauritius
- Mauritius Sunday Times, May 19, 2021
- Mauritius Sunday Times 2021-05-19 archive
- OFFICIAL PDF of CLIPPING
- Democrats Are Ignoring the Motive & Will of Voters
"...as extreme as the Republican Congress before them..."
"Special to the KC Star: Richard Harris on Political Arrogance"
- Kansas City Star, Feb. 6, 2007, page 8 / B8
- KC Star 2007-02-06 archive
- PHOTO of CLIPPING
- Too Many Kansas Kids Are Under State Control
critique of Kansas juvenile justice & child-protection
- Wichita Eagle / Kansas.com, Oct. 4, 2007, page 7A
- Wichita Eagle 2007-10-04 archive, on Kansas.com
- PHOTO of CLIPPING
- Legislators Should Hang Their Heads
critique of Legislature's school-funding settlement with the Kansas Supreme Court
- Wichita Eagle / Kansas.com, Aug. 4, 2006, page 7A
- Wichita Eagle 2006-08-04 archive, on Kansas.com
- PHOTO of CLIPPING
For more samples of Richard Harris' writings on International & National Affairs
affairs, see:
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INTERNATIONAL &
NATIONAL AFFAIRS:
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Climate Change - in Graphs
The measurement of climate change and related human output,
shown in graphs,
with links to the sources and their explanatory material.
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Prisoner Swap: Losing Bout for Greiner
(Dec. 2022)
President Biden's recent prisoner swap --
Russian arms merchant Viktor Bout
for American basketball player Brittney Greiner --
is a troubling mistake on so many levels,
reflecting many similar mistakes by Biden & other presidents.
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NATO: Turkey or Sweden?
(June 2022)
The Russian aggression in Eastern Europe
(notably Ukraine) creates need & opportunity for NATO expansion,
as Finland and Sweden offer to join.
Turkey, though, is an obstacle -- but disposable.
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Rohingya Crisis News
(2017-2022)
The most violent international event, outside the Middle East, in years, creating the world's largest refugee emergency, driven by Myanmar's "ethnic cleansing" of its Rohingya minority, with acts of genocide, resulting in the largest mass-migration of humans in recent decades -- destabilizing South and Southeast Asia, and adjacent regions.
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Why France is Fracturing
(2018)
An analysis of the recent French revolt against President Macron -- and how it mirrors a trend spreading throughout the world... and the United States.
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A huge day for "social media":
November 17, 2020
In just one day,
- Facebook & Twitter CEOs were summoned before Congress, and hammered;
- Twitter announced 'Fleets' - disappearing messages that raise concerns;
- President Trump fired the nation's cybersecurity chief, who -- in fighting online disinformation -- indirectly discredited Trump's own false social media posts.
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American Government
A Basic Outline:
A quick slide-show (in PDF format),
outlining the basic structure of American government.