Opinion Columns
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Richard Nixon’s complicated legacyApr 25, 2024 4:00 am - “The right sort of sports fan,” is how McGeorge Bundy greeted the news in 1973 that Gerald Ford had been selected as vice president by Richard Nixon. Ford succeeded Spiro...
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Make no small plans: Charting the future of Cook County’s green legacyApr 24, 2024 4:00 am - We are facing some massive issues when it comes to the environment. If you think it’s important to save endangered plants and animals, mitigate the impact of climate chan...
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O.J.'s LegacyApr 24, 2024 4:00 am - Thirty years ago, O.J. Simpson got away with murder. Politics was to blame, in the form of racism and sexism. His lawyers put the LAPD on trial for racism, even though S...
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Young Americans struggle to find true joy in today’s digital worldApr 23, 2024 4:00 am - The 2024 World Happiness Report, which is a collaboration with Gallup, the Oxford Wellbeing Research Centre, the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network ...
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Iran directly attacks Israel under Biden, not TrumpApr 23, 2024 4:00 am - U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby took the White House briefing room podium a week ago with a mission: to dispel reports that Iran “meant to fail” when ...
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Maybe larger families will produce better leaders as in the early U.S.Apr 20, 2024 4:14 pm - Why was America in the Revolutionary War era, with 3 million people, able to generate leaders of the quality of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, while today's Ame...
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After a year of column writing, I still have plenty to say, unfortunatelyApr 19, 2024 4:00 am - My first journalism job was long ago, covering events at my high school for the local paper. Writing this column is the second. I've been at it since last April, and that...
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Tax time myths and truthsApr 19, 2024 4:00 am - Another Tax Day has come and gone, and most Americans believe they pay too much. One recent poll revealed that 56% say they pay more than their fair share. Unfortunately,...
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With time and reflection, even tragic memories have much to teach usApr 18, 2024 11:18 am - One of the obligations of a community newspaper is to keep track of historic bench marks, and bring them to the attention of readers for the very real value that looking ...