Opinion Columns
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Jack Kerouac's underwearApr 15, 2025 4:00 pm - Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion:
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Keeping the Tax Cuts and Rebooting the Tax CodeApr 15, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy:
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Using my last breaths to fight for freedomApr 14, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Sandra Pesmen: A 94-year-old retired journalist protests against Trump's policies, finding power in the supportive crowd despite seeing family divisions over politics.
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Our seniors cannot afford cuts to MedicaidApr 12, 2025 2:30 pm - Guest columnist Angela Noland: Nursing home closures and elderly left homeless? How Medicaid cuts by Congress could create a healthcare crisis for seniors.
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When the going gets toughApr 11, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich:
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Community effort aims to prepare our youngest for the futureApr 11, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Amber Peters: A new program in Elgin brings organizations and families together to boost critical skills in kids under 5 across language, math and a physical abilities, using prompts and a texting platform.
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South Korea provides lesson in successful democracyApr 10, 2025 3:17 pm - The troubled tenure of South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol formally came to an end on April 4. The nation’s Constitutional Court officially ruled that he had exceeded h...
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Employee ownership made my retirement possible; let’s make every worker an ownerApr 10, 2025 2:47 pm - Most Americans have little to nothing saved for retirement, and retiring early, like Steven Schmidt did, is out of the question. Schmidt credits his good fortune to the employee stock ownership plan at the company where he worked for 41 years.
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Tim Walz and what might have beenApr 10, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Byron York:
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On paying attention — to the news and in classApr 10, 2025 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: With Trump's tariffs, suddenly dusty history lessons seem relevant; we're rushing to study economics too. But beware confirmation bias. Read widely, stay open-minded.