Opinion Columns
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Hospitalized during COVID-19Jul 26, 2020 12:00 am - I was due to have a mammogram. I skipped it. I was due for a follow-up chest MRI. I skipped that. As a former smoker, I had scheduled a CT scan for May. I skipped that, ...
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There are plenty of dangers with voting by mailJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - President Trump has said many times that voting by mail -- which will play a big role in this November's presidential election -- is vulnerable to fraud. "There is treme...
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Time to learn our system from the insideJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - I've spent a long time in politics, and over those years one thing has remained constant: There are a lot more Americans who criticize government than there are who ser...
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My year of staying aliveJul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - A few days ago, on July 21, I became one year older than my mother was when she died. For eight months, I worried about meeting this milestone. Then the coronavirus arri...
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Don't worry, suburbs; you'll have copsJul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - Most Americans don't live downtown, and they don't live in the country, either. They live in the suburbs. We are a suburban people. Loaded potato skins in a chain restau...
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The legislative changes we need to prevent getting another MadiganJul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan has been Illinois' top political leader for 35 years. He has made millions as a property tax attorney in the state with the highest p...
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Call for Goya boycott doesn't bode well for civil societyJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - There must be no real outrages left in America if so-called progressives have nothing better to do than turn their collective rage on Goya, because the ubiquitous food c...
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The ball is in Biden's court for NovemberJul 21, 2020 1:00 am - By now, Republican officeholders are daily and in ever-increasing numbers coming up with reasons why they will be unable to attend the late-August GOP convention in Jack...
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Federal leaders must do their homework on sending kids back to schoolJul 21, 2020 1:00 am - As I lie here on oxygen watching the number of COVID cases in most states rise to record-breaking levels, I am baffled by the decision of our federal leaders to send our...
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Trump opponents have assumed his worst traitsJul 19, 2020 1:00 am - You could say it's all Donald Trump's fault. His bad qualities - his carelessness about facts, his obstinance about admitting error, his contempt for others' views - hav...