Opinion Stories from May 3, 2017 (Change date)
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Spinner fad shows frivolity has its serious sideMay 04, 2017 9:48 am - If Wednesday's front-page headline "The fidget spinner: Tool or toy" had a familiar ring to you, this may be why: Aug. 31, 1997: Parents left holding the leash as school...
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Editorial: Mixed, but clear, messages on budget urgencyMay 04, 2017 9:51 am - A week ago, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and House Speaker Michael Madigan met for the first time in more than four months to talk about the two-year stalemate over an Ill...
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For Democrats, Obama's Wall Street payday sends the wrong signalMay 04, 2017 3:28 pm - "I am not a member of any organized party - I am a Democrat." - Will Rogers, 1935 Never mind that at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the president of the United St...
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The language of hatred, increasingly normalized by TrumpMay 03, 2017 1:00 am - For those who claim that Donald Trump has been pasteurized and homogenized by the presidency, his sour, 100th-day speech in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was inconvenient. ...
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Trump's knowledge of nuclear weaponryMay 03, 2017 9:59 am - Donald Trump lamented that he hadn't known that being President would be such hard work. I hope we don't have a future disaster only to hear Trump say, "I didn't know t...
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Planned Parenthood not worthy of supportMay 03, 2017 9:59 am - The recent opinion posted April 20 by Mary Ewert, bemoaning the future loss of taxpayer money for Planned Parenthood is inaccurate in its description of and support for ...
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Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoonMay 03, 2017 1:00 am - Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoon ...
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Ignorance and demagoguery on tradeMay 03, 2017 1:00 am - When we discuss international trade and balance of payments, there are two types of accounts. There is the current account, which includes goods and services imported an...
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Let's be climate leadersMay 03, 2017 10:01 am - Hundreds of thousands marched in Washington, D.C., Chicago, and around the country on Saturday to draw attention to climate change. Even though more than 97 percent of s...
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Madigan retirement is way overdueMay 03, 2017 12:05 am - There have been numerous calls for term limits for our elected officials but they seem to have never gained much traction. Apparently our politicians like their jobs so ...
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