Opinion Columns
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Give thanks to the FoundersNov 26, 2023 12:00 am - There's plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving season - at least if you take your eyes off a presidential race in which most voters want to reject both candidates w...
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Beware of dictatorships bearing gifts (even if they're cute and cuddly)Nov 24, 2023 12:00 am - Earlier this month, three giant pandas on loan at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., were crated up and loaded on a FedEx jet for a trans-Pacific flight. China had re...
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How can we improve recycling rates in Illinois?Nov 24, 2023 12:00 am - As we do each November, we recently celebrated America Recycles Day. It was a day that promotes the benefits of recycling for our environment and the economy. While it i...
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Memo to Hamas: Settler societies aren't evilNov 23, 2023 12:00 am - In the nauseating demonstrations celebrating Hamas' slaughter of Israelis, one hears repeated, again and again, the refrain that Israelis are "settlers" and "colonists" ...
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Here's one way to demand rational governmentNov 23, 2023 12:00 am - By Veronique de Rugy Syndicated columnist In a world where economic decisions are mostly driven by short-term goals and political pressures, the need for a long-term, ...
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A day to remember there are newsworthy blessings every dayNov 23, 2023 12:00 am - "The world is so full of a number of things," begins the famous Robert Louis Stevenson line from "A Child's Garden of Verses" that I'm sure you can finish without my hel...
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On somber anniversary, the legacy of the 'Kennedy attitude'Nov 22, 2023 12:00 am - The president of the United States travels to Texas to mitigate factional strife in his Democratic Party on Nov. 22, 1963, and is gunned down on a Dallas street. Two day...
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If Trump winsNov 22, 2023 12:00 am - We need to talk about what happens if Donald Trump wins. We need to talk about it because there is a real chance that he could, especially if we don't talk about it. We'...
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Shhhh! The Ukrainians don't know yetNov 21, 2023 12:00 am - In Ukraine, war continues and begins to go unnoticed. Note I wrote "Ukraine" and not "The Ukraine." The first indicates I went to college. The second indicates I may hav...
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Meeting students where they are post-COVIDNov 21, 2023 12:00 am - This week, my associate dean at Ohio State University's Lima campus sent the faculty a reprint of an earlier Chronicle of Higher Education story on students' demands for...