Opinion Columns
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Nuclear expansion should also be part of Illinois' clean-energy futureJan 30, 2023 12:00 am - Regarding his guest piece in the Jan. 24 Daily Herald, we agree with Eliot Clay on the importance of ensuring clean, affordable and reliable power in Illinois regardless...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Are public employee unions unconstitutional?Jan 29, 2023 12:00 am - How did it come to pass that public employee unions, which scarcely existed 60 years ago, have come to run public schools and myriad state and local government agencies?...
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Facts Matter: More than empty folders seized at Mar-a-LagoJan 28, 2023 12:00 am - Former Vice President Mike Pence last week turned over classified documents found in his Indiana home. This follows news over the past months that classified documents w...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Dead names and gender dysphoriaJan 25, 2023 12:00 am - Amy says her daughter was 15 - and just broken up with her boyfriend - when her daughter told her, "I'm tran, and I need a new name." It didn't seem real to Amy. "This w...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: The never-ending war against Brett KavanaughJan 25, 2023 12:00 am - Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court more than four years ago, on Oct. 6, 2018. His oath followed perhaps the ugliest Supreme Court Senate conf...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Time for truth and reconciliation on the Russia collusion hoaxJan 22, 2023 12:00 am - What are "the major problems this country faces?" Writing in The Atlantic, New York Times columnist David Brooks leads off his list with "inequality, political polarizat...
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Facts Matter: World leaders have taken rides in 'the Beast'Jan 21, 2023 12:00 am - President Joe Biden, during a recent trip to meet with North American leaders in Mexico, rode with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the U.S. presidential...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Unpacking the new year one piece at a timeJan 20, 2023 12:00 am - What do you do when it's all too much? You start unpacking, one piece at a time. That's the way to start the new year. One piece at a time. First piece: the next senator...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Republicans must avoid repeating history with the budgetJan 20, 2023 12:00 am - The long and tedious battle for House speaker ended with the GOP arguably more focused on fiscal responsibility and cutting spending. To accomplish this, Republicans are...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: The three women of San FranciscoJan 19, 2023 12:00 am - So, what city gave America the only woman House speaker, the most senior senator and the first woman vice president? San Francisco, of course, that fair city. But here i...