Opinion Columns
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Beware the propaganda lurking within the fog of warOct 20, 2023 1:00 am - In his 19th century treatise "On War," military strategist and historian Carl von Clausewitz offers this observation that followers of news about war in the 21st century...
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The sinking showboatOct 20, 2023 1:00 am - There is an element in the Republican Party that is completely at peace with losing elections. All of them: Races for the White House. Congress. The speakership. You nam...
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Illinois DCFS needs transformational change to end its cycle of failureOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - When Marc Smith was appointed director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services in 2019, the Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board warned that he would be ...
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We have no choice but to work together for peaceOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - Do we really have a choice? Sadly, no. There are no choices. There are no sides. This is not simply a continuation of a "land dispute" that has lasted thousands of year...
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Clarity, passion and restraint in managing Mideast violenceOct 18, 2023 1:00 am - Last week, President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin all gave speeches in the wake of the heinous attack by Hamas aga...
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Civilized world must stand up for peaceful solutionOct 18, 2023 1:00 am - The new war in the Middle East will have no victors or vanquished. This is history repeating itself. At least three times in the past decade, we have seen this situatio...
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Clarity, passion and restraint in managing Mideast violenceOct 18, 2023 1:00 am - Last week, President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin all gave speeches in the wake of the heinous attack by Hamas aga...
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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...