Opinion Stories from August 17, 2016 (Change date)
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Brighter days may be beyond Brazil's troubled OlympicsAug 17, 2016 1:00 am - It's hard to erase the "Walking Dead" stories leading up to the Summer Olympics now under way in Brazil. How can anyone possibly top the images of Australian athletes fi...
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Has Trump jumped the shark?Aug 17, 2016 1:00 am - The other night, I went to a dinner party. The guests were all friends of mine - a scattering of writers and some business people - and we talked about the ouster of Rog...
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Court will determine if democracy prevailsAug 17, 2016 1:00 am - The Guest View by Kathy Ryg and Sid Mathias that ran in the Aug. 9 Daily Herald made it abundantly clear why we need so desperately to change our state politics. Please ...
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Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoonAug 17, 2016 1:00 am - Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoon ...
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Give political mapmaking back to citizensAug 17, 2016 1:00 am - I am one of the 567,000 Illinois voters who signed the petition to create a transparent independent commission to draw the voting maps for Illinois. Currently, career po...
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Needs justify using state funding to solve problems for studentsAug 17, 2016 1:00 am - The recent increase in school funding from the state of Illinois was welcome if overdue news to districts around the state. Community Consolidated School District 46 was...
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Immigrants help make America greatAug 17, 2016 12:05 am - Given the hostility to immigrants often expressed by many Republicans, including Donald Trump, I am relishing the unavoidable fact that Simone Biles - our extraordinary ...
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All Illinoisians can do is sit and watchAug 17, 2016 12:05 am - So the two major political parties with the aid and abetting of primary voters have selected two candidates, one of whom will occupy the White House for the next four ye...
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