Opinion Columns
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Why let SAVE Act restrict access to a right we all agree on?May 11, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist : Despite consensus on upholding voting rights and rule of law, the SAVE Act restricts eligible citizens' ability to vote. Congress must craft a reasonable solution protecting all citizens' franchise.
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The good, bad and ugly in Trump's new budgetMay 09, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Trump's 2026 budget proposes deep domestic cuts but sustains bloated spending on defense and security. Despite small-government rhetoric, it fails to curb debt drivers like entitlements.
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Cheers for Sen. Thom TillisMay 09, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich:
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Biden's decline: The inside story and the outside storyMay 08, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Byron York: The White House tried hiding Biden's senility through denials and attacking critics, but the public could see his confusion and freezing at events. Now, more details emerging on lengths taken to conceal the situation.
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The complicated, unproductive search for ‘the narrative’May 08, 2025 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: When I taught high school journalism back in the 1970s, it wasn’t hard to lean on famous quotes that attempt to summarize some formula for deciding what deserves to be reported and how. But the truth today - as in the past really - is that news judgment cannot be compacted into a single clever phrase.
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Guys and dolls: A cringeworthy president tells the kids to suck it upMay 07, 2025 10:46 am - Syndicated columnist Jeff Robbins: President Trump claims economic disaster is "golden age" - how long can his supporters deny reality?
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Praying for 'renewed spirit of justice’May 07, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jessica A. Johnson: On the May 1 National Day of Prayer, President Trump issued a proclamation asking God for blessings and justice. Polls show low approval ratings, especially among African Americans, causing many to pray for Trump's leadership.
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Trump's push for truly equal rightsMay 06, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Racial quotas and admissions preferences, though backed by institutions, violate civil rights laws and principles. Trump's order bans this discrimination.
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Layoffs in health research put safety, access to care at riskMay 06, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist : When my wife and I look at our soon-to-be two-year-olds Max and Theo running around the house playing and laughing, we are so thankful IVF was available. So, you can imagine our outrage when we found out President Trump and Elon Musk laid off the very federal experts who work to ensure IVF is safe and accessible.
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Why the U.S. and Illinois should support Taiwan’s participation in the WHOMay 05, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Dennis Yen-Feng Lei: Taiwan's effective universal healthcare and technological expertise make it a valuable partner for the WHO, but political barriers unjustly exclude it from participation