Opinion Columns
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: With visit, Biden makes things worse on borderJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Republicans have spent two years demanding that President Joe Biden visit the U.S.-Mexico border. They wanted Biden to face the real-world consequences of his border pol...
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Humanity, the news and creatures in crisisJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - I have a personal memory that seems relevant to a recent story in the news. I am called to my front door on a warm day in July. I look out to find four barefoot boys, ra...
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Syndicated columnist Elwood Watson: Amid McCarthy drama, Republicans tried to play the race cardJan 12, 2023 12:00 am - The drama surrounding Rep. Kevin McCarthy's speakership bid remains nothing short of surreal. It took 15 bids to secure the votes required to become speaker of the House...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: New Year's light on lies clears the airJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - They thought they'd fool the grown-ups and get away with it all. George Santos and Sam Bankman-Fried are arrivistes in their 30s. A coincidence? I think not. Yet it's no...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Trump's last days of PompeiiJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - The base believes President Donald Trump won in 2020 in part because the base thinks that Trump believes he won in 2020. The House Jan. 6 report, produced by an overwhel...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: When will the big thinkers care about my $20 omelet?Jan 08, 2023 12:00 am - I paid $20 for a ham and Swiss cheese omelet this morning. The omelet came with fried potatoes, two slices of white toast and coffee. It wasn't an upscale restaurant, ei...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Trump's tax returns spur the wrong policy debateJan 08, 2023 12:00 am - The recent release of former President Donald Trump's tax returns has triggered two seemingly contradictory reactions. Some people are eager to point out that considerin...
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Facts Matter: False information follows football player's collapseJan 07, 2023 12:00 am - Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, during a Monday Night Football game last week against the Cincinnati Bengals, made a tackle, got up and immediately collapsed. He suff...
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Guest columnist Ashbey Beasley: Within days, Illinois can act to protect against gun violenceJan 05, 2023 12:00 am - Six months ago this week, on July 4, 2022, I had just wrestled my 6-year-old son into an oversized tee shirt emblazoned with a cheerful sun and big block letters spellin...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Remember the hysteria over Trump's tax returns?Jan 05, 2023 12:00 am - By Byron York Democratic lawmakers had fought for years to get the documents. They claimed they needed them not for partisan political reasons but in order to oversee ...