Opinion Columns
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Guest columnist Ralph Martire: Bailey's statement on public education defies credibilityOct 26, 2022 1:00 am - During a recent interview, Darren Bailey, the Republican candidate for governor of Illinois, maintained the state ought to cut spending on public education. That positio...
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Guest columnist Keith Peterson: Fact checking, sanity needed in discussion of IRS hiringOct 25, 2022 1:00 am - One of the provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act passed in August provides for increased funding of roughly $80 billion over a decade for the Internal Revenue Servic...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Closed schools join with closed mindsOct 25, 2022 1:00 am - By Debra J. Saunders COVID school closures hurt American kids. American parents have seen it: The longer schools were closed and replaced with remote learning, the more...
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Guest columnist Chuck Sullivan: Amendment provides necessary assurance on union rightsOct 24, 2022 11:00 pm - When emergency strikes, every second matters. We all want the peace of mind that comes with knowing when we face the worst moments of our lives - a raging fire at our ho...
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Guest columnist Mailee Smith: Illinois workers don't need a fake 'Workers' Rights Amendment'Oct 24, 2022 11:00 pm - You have probably seen TV commercials for the so-called "Workers' Rights Amendment," the proposed amendment to the Illinois Constitution that appears at the top of the N...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: 'Go away, kid. Ya bother me'Oct 23, 2022 1:00 am - I don't live in Rhode Island. I live right next door to Rhode Island, in Massachusetts. This means that I don't vote in Rhode Island, but I am deluged with television ad...
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Facts Matter: Old data used in claim about COVID vaccinesOct 22, 2022 1:00 am - A misleading post appears to claim there is a connection between the COVID-19 vaccines and cancer in younger adults. The Oct. 16 Instagram post includes a meme showing t...
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Are you down on the American economic system? Think about cooperation.Oct 21, 2022 1:00 am - I was recently reminded of a profound truth about the free market and the prices that sit at its center. Unfortunately, this truth is often overlooked by both critics of...
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Syndicated column: If you value journalism, support itOct 19, 2022 1:00 am - Gannett, publisher of USA Today and more than 200 newspapers including the one I work for, just announced more cost-cutting measures. I get that it's a simple business ...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders says that without mental health and jobs programs, the Housing First programs fails homeless people.Oct 19, 2022 1:00 am - A not small percentage of homeless adults first experienced homelessness as children. The figure is 20% for homeless adults in Los Angeles, 18% for Seattle and Santa Cru...