Opinion Columns
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Ideologues in India show the harm of threats to academic freedomOct 10, 2021 1:00 am - Historians and history itself are the targets of ideologues who want to rewrite, even erase parts of the past and prevent some of it being taught. They are targeting his...
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Sticking with my father on John HinckleyOct 08, 2021 1:00 am - News that a federal judge had approved the unconditional release of John Hinckley Jr. next June set my phone to ringing furiously last week. Journalists naturally wanted...
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Why I'm optimistic about the futureOct 08, 2021 1:00 am - One of the great privileges of teaching and working on a university campus is the chance to be in regular touch with young people. Even better, I sometimes get asked to ...
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For some politicians, enough spending will never be enoughOct 08, 2021 1:00 am - By Veronique de Rugy Back in 2005, I wrote that when it comes to spending, "Congressional Republicans Make French Socialists Look Like Ronald Reagan." Looking back now,...
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Don't count 'em out: The Democratic state of playOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - "Biden goes to church and walks through a graveyard in Wilmington as his legislative agenda is dying in Washington." - Tweeted by a Washington Post reporter Nineteen wor...
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Now, state needs feds to step up to help replace unsafe lead pipeOct 07, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois can lead on lead pipe removal. We just need the funding to do so. As a legislator, nothing is more important to me than the health, safety and well-being of my ...
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Numbers alone don't tell the story of infrastructure billOct 06, 2021 1:00 am - Have you ever read a piece of congressional legislation? For a couple of years of my life, I read proposed bills almost every day in my role doing congressional liaison ...
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Biden policies need better arguments than 'orange man bad'Oct 06, 2021 1:00 am - "First you win the argument, then you win the vote." That advice from Margaret Thatcher has been ignored by President Joe Biden and Democratic Party leaders to their det...
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Political divisions have broken up the foundations of our trustOct 05, 2021 1:00 am - What happened? How was it that what we once celebrated - the triumph of vaccines, those cups of orange juice that spelled the end of the iron lung - are now viewed with ...
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North Korea's threat and South Korea's successOct 05, 2021 1:00 am - By Arthur I. Cyr Guest columnist Once again, North Korea is engaging in disturbing provocation. The totalitarian regime in Pyongyang has announced successful launch of a...