Opinion Stories from November 22, 2021 (Change date)
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Demand responsibilityNov 22, 2021 12:00 am - I would like to know if the policy of the editors of the letters column is to allow anybody to say any cockamamie thing they want to when you "turn it over" to readers. ...
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Skeptical on spendingNov 22, 2021 12:00 am - I'm not a fan of the new trillion-dollar infrastructure bill. I try to see what's in it, and I find maybe a half trillion dollars for roads, bridges, water, airports, et...
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Dangerous delusionsNov 22, 2021 12:00 am - It is shocking to witness and read the nonsense disseminated in our social media feeds, comment sections and letters to the editor. A disturbing percentage of our fellow...
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Behind the Curtain: Do adjectives add to news bias?Nov 22, 2021 12:00 am - What if we tried to produce a whole day's paper without using any adjectives? A reader who used to write us regularly, the late Stan Zegel, put that challenge to us in r...
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Orchestrated increases?Nov 22, 2021 12:00 am - Several weeks ago, it was front-page news that Social Security recipients would receive an unprecedented whopping increase in benefits next year. Now the other shoe drop...
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Contradictory messages on green policiesNov 22, 2021 12:00 am - It's been a fascinating few weeks. The governor signed the biggest renewable energy and zero-emission transportation investment ever. The state then passed incentives to...
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Excellent review of Jewish ball playersNov 22, 2021 12:00 am - Thank you for Steve Zalusky's terrific column "Cultural tug-of-war for Jewish baseball stars" (Nov. 7). Jews aren't generally known for their athleticism. In the 1980 co...
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Sports gambling questionNov 22, 2021 12:00 am - Re: Hub Arkush, Nov. 16: "NFL cites three incorrect calls by their officials during the Bears' loss to the Steelers Nov. 8." So which online gambling sites are they look...
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Living in true dictatorships will give you perspective on 'fascism' in AmericaNov 22, 2021 12:00 am - I was in Berlin last month. It's a great city with plenty of history ... kind of reminds me of Chicago in that way, though it's much older and some of its history much d...
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Policy Corner: The challenge of avoiding bias in choosing the day's top storiesNov 22, 2021 12:00 am - I've written about how we subscribe to "wire" and other services for our state, national and international news. These services help guide what news we present to you in...
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