Opinion Columns
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Masks and kids' mental healthAug 08, 2021 1:00 am - I sat with my son in the school cafeteria. Wearing masks, we waited to meet his kindergarten teacher. I asked him how he was feeling. "Excited and scared at the same tim...
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Life in blue genesAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - Last week, Simone Biles shocked the world by withdrawing from the first week of Olympic competition because the "mental" wasn't there. To a curious but largely supportiv...
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American tech sector keeps blowing away the rest of the worldAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - Take a bow, America. It's official and irrefutable: The U.S. is blowing out the rest of the world in tech leadership. No other country in the world comes anywhere close ...
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Future of ethics in Illinois is in governor's handsAug 05, 2021 1:00 am - By Jim Durkin Guest columnist It has been over one year since the state's largest utility, ComEd, admitted it attempted to bribe the sitting Speaker of House, Michael Ma...
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Future of ethics in Illinois is in governor's handsAug 05, 2021 1:00 am - It has been over one year since the state's largest utility, ComEd, admitted it attempted to bribe the sitting Speaker of House, Michael Madigan, in exchange for legisla...
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A conversation where there used to be tweetsAug 05, 2021 1:00 am - Ahead of and after the 2020 presidential election, a number of my friends who also are Republican women engaged in what came to be known as "The Conversation." As specia...
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Do we have to watch their wretched movie all over again?Aug 04, 2021 1:00 am - Why do I feel that I have seen this movie before? I would like to think that learning is cumulative. But I'm beginning to think that every generation or two, people need...
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Biden's COVID presidencyAug 03, 2021 1:00 am - President Joe Biden recently passed his six-month mark in the White House. It might end up being the high-water mark of his presidency. Biden's job approval rating is po...
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Build safety into infrastructure billAug 03, 2021 1:00 am - According to the Illinois Department of Transportation, about 1,166 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2020, an approximate 15 percent increase over 2019. Sadly, it...
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Immigration is our universal American storyAug 01, 2021 1:00 am - Last month, a federal judge in Houston ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy was "illegal," which halted accepting incoming applications. I was in...