Opinion Columns
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Estrich: Outing the antisemitesOct 15, 2023 6:00 am - It should not be difficult to condemn terrorism. It has nothing to do with whether you support the current Israeli government and its policies. One can sympathize with t...
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Outing the antisemitesOct 14, 2023 11:00 pm - It should not be difficult to condemn terrorism. It has nothing to do with whether you support the current Israeli government and its policies. One can sympathize with t...
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Dealing with false equivalencies in the coverage of a foreign warOct 10, 2023 11:00 pm - As we began discussions Monday afternoon about how we would present the front-page description of the Israel-Gaza war, Daily Herald editors scrolled through picture afte...
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York: The RFK Jr. wild card has implications for both partiesOct 10, 2023 11:00 pm - For all the talk that has sometimes surrounded his presidential candidacy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was never able to break through in the Democratic primary race against P...
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The rules of the gameOct 09, 2023 11:00 pm - Beginning last fall, Donald Trump's campaign has been embarked on an effort to change the rules of the delegate selection process to make it easier -- and faster -- for ...
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Reflections and hopes during Hispanic Heritage MonthOct 09, 2023 1:00 am - Caravans of American cars and trucks cruising down Roosevelt Road; the handsome red and green of the Mexican flag shining in the September sun, slapped to the hoods or f...
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Illinois must move faster to reach clean-energy goals. A national carbon fee will help.Oct 06, 2023 1:00 am - The two-year anniversary of passage of the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) has come and gone, yet Illinois remains woefully behind in its goal to have homes and bu...
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'Potomac Fever' still infects the SenateOct 06, 2023 1:00 am - The past week or two, I've been thinking about two senators in particular - the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein from California and current senator from New Jersey Robert Men...
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Don't be fooled, Matt Gaetz is the RINOOct 05, 2023 1:00 am - Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy can be replaced. And he will be. Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican who introduced the motion to vacate McCarthy from his leade...
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Banned books, newspapers, some personal history and the value of opennessOct 05, 2023 1:00 am - Here in the midst of National Banned Books Week - not irrelevantly also National Newspaper Week -, I come in praise of my high school English teacher. I have had many oc...