Opinion Columns
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Springtime for Washington: A smorgasbordMay 05, 2023 1:00 am - After the parched seven-year famine of former President Donald Trump and the pandemic, the city let its hair down - or put it up - and donned black tie and party frocks ...
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Columnist Jim Slusher: The news and biting dogsMay 04, 2023 1:00 am - A constant challenge for Daily Herald writers and editors is the need to manage bias in news coverage. I and other editors have written often about our efforts to presen...
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Guest columnist Keith Peterson: Nation's credit at mercy of bare-knuckles politicsMay 04, 2023 1:00 am - Does House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have President Biden right where he wants him? He has managed to pass a bill by a single vote in the House to raise the debt ceiling an...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: How to stop lies begetting liesMay 03, 2023 1:00 am - Lies beget lies. That's one way to summarize nearly the past decade of presidential politics, as well as the potentially dismal presidential race under way. I leave to o...
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Guest columnists Alan Medsker and Angelica Oung: Unfounded fear of 'waste' should not slow our move to nuclear powerMay 03, 2023 1:00 am - We'd like to congratulate the Daily Herald on the recent timely and level-headed editorial in support of nuclear power as a way of helping Illinois decarbonize, gain ene...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Four more yearsMay 02, 2023 1:00 am - By Susan Estrich Joe Biden will be 86 by the time he finishes his second term in office. God willing. So, what? Would it be better if he were a younger man? Sure. But i...
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Guest columnist Sina Leslie Smith: Illinois can offer more health care choices with naturopathic physician licensureMay 01, 2023 1:00 am - Have a headache? High blood pressure? Cholesterol? There is a pill for that. Culturally, we have been trained that whenever something goes wrong, we reach for the medici...
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Guest columnists Avis Proctor and Bill Kelley: Expanding role of community colleges helps local communities and beyondApr 30, 2023 1:00 am - April is Community College Month, and we're proud to celebrate our sector's contributions to our state and to our nation's global competitiveness. It is also a time to e...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion:Apr 30, 2023 1:00 am - If there is one thing I like about Tucker Carlson, it's that he knows how to dress. White shirt. Striped tie. Blue blazer. I dress like that myself, and I've always thou...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Who believes E. Jean Carroll?Apr 28, 2023 1:00 am - "I'm here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it, he said it didn't happen. He lied and shattered my reputation, and I'm here to try and get my life ba...