Opinion Columns
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Columnist Jim Slusher: On the true nature of persuasionFeb 16, 2023 12:00 am - Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking with the Wheaton League of Women Voters about election issues the Daily Herald raised in a series of editorials at the end of D...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Presidents Lincoln, Trump and Confederates to this dayFeb 16, 2023 12:00 am - That day, I watched an arc of justice land; that night, I paid a visit to Ford's Theatre, site of a national calamity. The man who wielded a Confederate flag as a weapon...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Dismiss Biden at your political perilFeb 15, 2023 12:00 am - Let's face it, when Fox News gives a Democrat a B+, you know they really delivered an exceptional performance. That was the grade the rabidly right-wing media network ga...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: IOU USA: We're all to blameFeb 14, 2023 12:00 am - We're all guilty. President Joe Biden is guilty. Former President Donald Trump was guilty. Both parties are guilty. I am guilty, and you are, too. We all are guilty, bec...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Hey, Madonna, let me walk you homeFeb 12, 2023 12:00 am - Dear Madonna, I'm 65, and I look terrible. No. Really. I'm about 20 pounds over my fighting weight. I have more hair in my ears than either one of my cats. I have a mole...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Will Biden's primary schedule have unintended consequences?Feb 12, 2023 12:00 am - For a president who proclaimed proudly in his annual speech that his policies have made the state of the union good, Joe Biden betrayed a certain insecurity when, just t...
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Facts Matter: Social media users help distinguish fake from real earthquake photosFeb 11, 2023 12:00 am - The number of people killed by an earthquake in Turkey and Syria last week continues to rise, with more than 25,000 dead. Photos and video from the rescue efforts have b...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Biden's speech: Lincoln's Civil War echoesFeb 10, 2023 12:00 am - I'm giving a Lincoln's Birthday party Sunday. The tallest guest will read a short speech. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden faces Congress for the speech of his presidency ...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Here's why spending fights are getting more frequentFeb 10, 2023 12:00 am - People are uneasy about the debt ceiling fight. Many think it's unhealthy and a sign of poor fiscal management, and they are right. However, they should get used to it. ...
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Columnist Jim Slusher: Truth, untruth, lies, belief and balanceFeb 09, 2023 12:00 am - Probably since before Charles Pinckney took five years off his actual age so he could be seen as the youngest member of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, an inclina...