Opinion Columns
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The John Lindsay DemocratsJan 11, 2022 12:00 am - One way to anticipate what may be ahead in politics is to gauge the balance of power in the nation's two political parties. The Republican Party has always been centered...
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One year laterJan 09, 2022 12:00 am - Banned from social media, impeached for a second time, former President Donald Trump might have disappeared in the sunset. And there are days when it almost seems as if ...
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How other nations see Americans affects our interestsJan 07, 2022 12:00 am - In 1959, the officials of the National Security Council met to discuss Cyprus. The small Mediterranean island nation was about to become independent from Great Britain, ...
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Chicago teachers create an opening for vouchersJan 07, 2022 12:00 am - Tuesday, 73% of Chicago teachers voted to compel their school district to ditch classroom instruction in favor of remote learning because of COVID-19. So, it's official:...
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Searching for truth in the vocabulary of democracyJan 06, 2022 12:00 am - By Jim Slusher Long before lyricist Don Raye put words to the music of Al Jacobs in 1940 to create the anthem "This Is My Country," we already were arguing over what Ame...
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Zorn: Capitol attack gave January 6 an indelible new reputationJan 05, 2022 10:00 pm - Today, Thursday, Jan. 6, is the Christian holiday of Epiphany. It commemorates when the Magi - the wise men of scripture - met with the infant Jesus, and coincides with ...
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A call to fight rising authoritarianism, in 2022 and beyondJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - At the beginning of a new year, it's traditional to make a resolution or two. I have no such list for myself or others, but I do have a wish. For 2022 and beyond, I wish...
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'I'm not Trump': We could have gotten more from Joe BidenJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - The only way to write about national politics is to write about local politics first. You won't see anything on the national stage you haven't already seen in some town ...
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Plague-year immigrants headed to Trump countryJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - I want to add a few notes to my column last week on the Census Bureau's July 2021 state population estimates and what stories they tell about growth and decline in the f...
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The new mantra of our era: Be wellJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - For too much of my life, New Year's resolutions were all about diets. One year, after I had half-tamed the monster, I managed to monetize my obsession by writing and, mo...