Opinion Columns
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On the road to the vernal poolsMar 09, 2024 10:19 am - It's Newt Night. Frog Fest. Salamanderpalooza. The temperature is brushing up against 50 where I live, and it's been drizzling for a couple of days. And so, the amphibian...
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A new fiscal commission must heed the lesson of '97Mar 09, 2024 10:12 am - The Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee made news recently by announcing that if his party is serious about changing the fiscal path we are on, they'll have...
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McConnell's Judicial Gamesmanship Clears Path for Trump Second TermMar 08, 2024 4:45 am - Mitch McConnell has announced he will step down from his leadership of Senate Republicans at the end of the year. Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wished McConnel...
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Post Snoozer Tuesday reflections on what ‘pivotal’ means in politicsMar 07, 2024 3:38 pm - Pundits did not call the 15 primary elections this past week “Snoozer” Tuesday for nothing, Oh, the broadcast media did their best to call the night “pivotal” and, of cou...
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Supreme Court rules in favor of letting voters voteMar 07, 2024 3:30 am - The Colorado Supreme Court decided in December that former President Donald Trump did not qualify for the 2024 ballot because he incited the Jan. 6, 2021, “insurrection” ...
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Vote ‘yes’ for mental health funding in McHenry County on March 19Mar 07, 2024 2:15 am - In the last few years, mental health needs have increased across the country. In a 2023 poll, nearly 40% of McHenry County adults reported recent symptoms of anxiety or d...
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Trump 'lawfare' updateMar 07, 2024 2:00 am - Former President Donald Trump's victory in the Supreme Court 14th Amendment case, together with delay and disorder in the criminal cases against him, has set off panic am...
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A pre-Oscars conversation on the merits and meanings of arts criticismMar 07, 2024 1:15 am - With Oscar Night only a delicious few nights away, the time seems ripe to discuss a topic that’s been on my mind, and in my household, lately. No, it’s not the glamour or...
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College Daze: On campuses as in newsrooms, orthodoxy rulesMar 06, 2024 3:15 am - In a recent piece in The Atlantic, former New York Times staffer Adam Rubenstein went public with his firsthand account of what has become the classic story of the Times'...
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We're getting the band back togetherMar 06, 2024 2:00 am - I don't live in the kind of city that gets Lady Gaga live for one night, or Taylor Swift. I live in the kind of city that gets a Journey tribute band that sounds just lik...