Opinion Columns
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York: Would Democrats still have loved vaccine if Trump had won?Jul 15, 2021 1:00 am - More Republicans than Democrats appear to be "vaccine hesitant" - that is, reluctant for one reason or another - to take the COVID-19 vaccine. They've gotten the treatm...
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Estrich: We who wore masks did our bestJul 15, 2021 1:00 am - By Susan Estrich I have packed up the masks. There may be areas of the country where vaccines are hard to come by, where smart, sensible people are still waiting in lin...
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Barone: Both parties fail to listen to voters' signalsJul 14, 2021 1:00 am - I like to apply free market analysis to American politics. Within established laws, politicians compete for votes and are rewarded for maximizing voters' preferences. Th...
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Barone: Both parties fail to listen to voters' signalsJul 14, 2021 1:00 am - I like to apply free market analysis to American politics. Within established laws, politicians compete for votes and are rewarded for maximizing voters' preferences. Th...
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Republic weakened by court's acceptance of voter restrictionsJul 13, 2021 1:00 am - The Supreme Court needs to brush up on the U.S. Constitution, because many of the justices seem to have forgotten their duty to protect the most fundamental right of all...
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Environmental pipe dreamsJul 13, 2021 1:00 am - In June of 2019, my husband and I bought a 1926 suburban brick duplex to create our dream home. The idea was to live in the two-bedroom unit on the second floor while re...
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Betty-Ann Moore: A portrait of a life in public serviceJul 12, 2021 1:00 am - July 12 would have been Betty-Ann Moore's 83rd birthday, but she died in September last year. The first woman to be Democratic Party chair in Lake County, and the first ...
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It's hard to comprehend why GOP's self-destructive stance on vaccinesJul 11, 2021 1:00 am - The childish narcissism and prideful ignorance of the American right - as personified in its idol, former President Donald Trump - have transformed "conservatism" into a...
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Who will prosecute the prosecutors?Jul 11, 2021 1:00 am - Fun fact: It took special counsel Robert Mueller less than two years to release his report into Russian interference in the 2016 election, dubbed Crossfire Hurricane. It...
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The 4th brings us back to each otherJul 09, 2021 1:00 am - MADISON, Wis. - The fireworks from here to Washington sang of a country renewing its place in the world - and its sense of self. It was the most meaningful Fourth of Jul...