Opinion Columns
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Best response to an emergency: All togetherApr 14, 2021 1:00 am - We hear a lot about political polarization and the lack of bipartisanship these days. Bipartisanship can sound like a quaint idea from some simpler time before social me...
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Local signs we are living through the climate emergencyApr 12, 2021 1:00 am - Climate emergency. Why do so many of us turn away from these two simple words when, by acting together, we can greatly reduce the threat? Let's take a closer at what liv...
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Community colleges will be key to recovery from pandemicApr 11, 2021 1:00 am - April is Community College Month. As a proud Harper College alum, vice chair of the Harper College Board of Trustees and board member of the Association of Community Col...
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Fried eggs and beer and the long waitApr 11, 2021 1:00 am - I am part of a small chain of three men, all of us riding out the pandemic, none of us particularly young. One of us is fully retired from the food service industry. I a...
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Will Joe Biden's Jim Crow big lie boomerang?Apr 09, 2021 1:00 am - The big lie works - until it doesn't. The big lie in this case is Joe Biden's charge that the changes in Georgia election law passed by the majority-Republican legislatu...
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And to all the left-wing crazies ...Apr 09, 2021 1:00 am - Former President Donald Trump wished a happy Easter to all including "Radical Left CRAZIES." "Happy Easter to ALL, including the Radical Left CRAZIES who rigged our Pres...
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Combating extremism through educationApr 08, 2021 1:00 am - Extremism and domestic terrorism are not new problems in our country, but they are challenges that in recent weeks have come into sharper focus. How to address these tre...
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Random thoughts in the wake of another local electionApr 08, 2021 1:00 am - I think there may be a consistent theme here: • It's a cliché to chastise the public about low voter turnout in local elections. So, I'm not going to scold anybody, but ...
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On Biden, betrayal, burdens and bunkApr 07, 2021 1:00 am - Politicians betray their campaign promises all the time. So, it's no surprise to see President Joe Biden go back on his word that, in spite of his plan to significantly ...
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Needed from Democrats: A realistic case for optimismApr 07, 2021 1:00 am - The differences between an ideologue - someone who subscribes completely to a political ideology (whether conservative or liberal) and a pragmatist - someone who is conc...