Opinion Columns
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Breaking down the chaotic ‘reforms’ in WashingtonApr 25, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Ralph Martire: Trump's tariffs and tax cuts for the wealthy, combined with Elon Musk's haphazard budget cuts, have created fiscal chaos, benefiting the rich while harming the poor.
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Democrats’ hill to die on: Albergo GarciaApr 25, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: The Salvadoran migrant deported by the Trump administration due to an administrative error is now caught in political battle as Democrats try to score points by facilitating his return to the U.S.
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Taking our traffic conversations beyond simple complainingApr 24, 2025 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: Sick of traffic jams? Meet the woman who knows all the insider tricks to help you get around Chicagoland faster.
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Disappeared: A court warns America that its values are slipping awayApr 24, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jeff Robbins: The Trump administration's refusal to comply with court orders to facilitate return of wrongly deported immigrant threatens the rule of law.
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Doing the right thingApr 23, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Doing the right thing isn't easy when you have a would-be dictator and a squad of political terrorists threatening you. That's what these people really are, and they are frankly scary.
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Prairie power: Why Illinois needs nuclear energy nowApr 23, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnists Emmet Penney and Michael McLean: Illinois should fully repeal its ban on new large nuclear reactors to meet surging electricity demand, create jobs, and capitalize on its robust nuclear power infrastructure.
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Las Vegas packs punch at White House, thanks to Dana WhiteApr 22, 2025 3:59 pm - Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders:
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Will Republicans own the brewing budget calamity?Apr 22, 2025 3:59 pm - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy:
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Is that my job? Kilmar Garcia and sheet metalApr 20, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Down here at the dollar store end of the economy, things are shaky, and that makes a lot of us mad about the things we don’t have or have but may not be able to keep.
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Vengeance is the wordApr 20, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: