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    The issues that won't go away

    by Robert C. Koehler, Tribune Content Agency Nov 08, 2018 4 minutes

    How much real change manifested itself in the 2018 midterms? How deeply does the outcome reflect the American soul?

    Apparently, about 113 million Americans, basically half the electorate, felt compelled to vote in the midterms, revved up either by intense opposition to or support for Donald Trump. This is a lot more than usual for a non-presidential election, but still fairly pathetic for "the world's greatest democracy."

    How much closer did we move to becoming a nation able and willing to focus on the real issues that threaten the planet?

    To the extent that the election was about Trump and Trumpism:

    ". . . keep in mind," reminds us, "that he entered

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