Opinion Columns
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Facts Matter: Monkeypox spread through close contact, not mosquito bitesAug 27, 2022 1:00 am - Monkeypox cases have increased recently in the U.S. and globally. According to experts, the disease spreads through close contact. But some social media users have offer...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: As Washington gives us 'more,' Americans want 'better'Aug 26, 2022 1:00 am - Congress' annual August recess is a good time to think about the big picture. Most Americans want government reformed for the better. We notice its many breakdowns, and ...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Joe Biden is still dragging his party downAug 25, 2022 1:00 am - There has been a surge of optimism among Democrats lately when it comes to November's midterm elections. The short version of the thinking is: Maybe we're not going to g...
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Field notes: The summer burn of '22Aug 25, 2022 1:00 am - The scorching summer of '22 may be one we never forget, as a turning point in the wheels of weather and politics. As August closes, the cicadas still sing, but they won'...
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Syndicated columnist Bonnie Jean Feldkamp: Falling into the season of substanceAug 24, 2022 1:00 am - "In the grand scheme of things, you're only pretty for a second. So, you'd better back it up with something." That's what I told my daughters when they were teens in att...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: A classic anti-Trump frenzyAug 23, 2022 1:00 am - Beginning in the months before Donald Trump took office, and extending well into his presidency, the media and political world took a set of vague but serious accusation...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Another week of industrial policy hypeAug 23, 2022 1:00 am - Another week, another reminder that heavy-handed government industrial policy is in fashion. Nobel Prize-winning economist Michael Spence recently endorsed it as embodie...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Flip, flop or fail : The bottom line on Liz CheneyAug 21, 2022 1:00 am - About 20 years ago, I was covering the governing body of a local suburb. One cool evening in early fall, when the wind was sighing softly in the trees outside town hall,...
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Guest columnist Matt Paprocki: An unlimited property tax hike may be hidden in proposed amendmentAug 21, 2022 1:00 am - There's a familiar feeling of dread many Illinoisans share when the county notices appear in their mailboxes. They know their property tax bills will cause them pain. Th...
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Facts Matter: Kinzinger said Trump won, but he didn't mean the 2020 electionAug 20, 2022 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican from Channahon, serves on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol building and voted to i...