Opinion Stories from August 15, 2017 (Change date)
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Editorial: Important advances toward consolidating governments in IllinoisAug 16, 2017 9:38 am - Nearly as mind-boggling as the number of zeros in the state's debt is the number of taxing bodies that have long besieged Illinois taxpayers. You probably have heard thi...
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Trump's worst economic ideaAug 15, 2017 1:00 am - By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts President Trump has made countless ignorant and inaccurate statements during his first six months in office. No, his inaugural cro...
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Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoonAug 15, 2017 1:00 am - Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoon ...
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Village misusing power on FOIA requestsAug 15, 2017 11:32 am - Wheeling's approach to its civically engaged resident is emblematic of government misuse of power. Illinoisans have the right to evaluate government actions by using the...
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Laws apply to allAug 15, 2017 11:32 am - Regarding Chicago's Sanctuary city lawsuit: The denial of funds by the federal government over failure to comply with a dictate is nothing new. When the 55 mph national ...
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Feel-good ideas that need a hardheaded examinationAug 15, 2017 1:00 am - Extracting more money from evil, exploitative capitalists has become a rallying cry for much of the grass-roots left. In the meantime, though, it's largely ignoring othe...
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Don't include Coulter among columnistsAug 15, 2017 12:05 am - It's bad enough that you publish the rantings and delusional Walter E. Williams - he of little fact and big opinion. But I opened the Aug. 8 paper and find you have stoo...
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Removing another tyrant from the worldAug 15, 2017 5:56 pm - How reassuring it is to know that our defense program is turning its $600 billion budget from sand-based ISIS guerrilla fighters to the new WMD source, North Korea. It ...
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Is an apology too much to ask for?Aug 15, 2017 5:56 pm - The thing I find most repulsive about Donald Trump is his lack of courage in taking responsibility for any of his mistakes, but constantly bragging about the things that...
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McCain usually one to act on principleAug 15, 2017 12:05 am - As a prisoner of war in Vietnam, John McCain did not accept the opportunity to go home leaving the brutality, torture, and his fellow prisoners behind. His brave decisio...
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