Opinion Columns
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Adult-style prisons are the wrong approach for helping juvenilesApr 15, 2020 1:00 am - Decades ago, someone in state government decided the state's prisons for teenagers should be called "Youth Centers" - like they were places where teens play basketball, ...
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His television success isn't helping President Trump nowApr 14, 2020 1:00 am - Somebody close to President Donald Trump could, in a burst of candor, tell him that he does not know everything to be known about the history of the filibuster in the Un...
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What makes a successful politician?Apr 14, 2020 1:00 am - One of the intriguing features of the coronavirus pandemic is how sharply it has illuminated the importance of effective political leadership. Wherever we stand on the p...
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Why LWV supports graduated income taxApr 13, 2020 1:00 am - For 50 years, the League of Women Voters has supported a graduated rate or fair income tax for Illinois. Finally, in May of last year, the General Assembly agreed with u...
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Why LWV supports graduated income taxApr 13, 2020 1:00 am - For 50 years, the League of Women Voters has supported a graduated rate or fair income tax for Illinois. Finally, in May of last year, the General Assembly agreed with u...
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Congress must also step in to help children at risk of abuseApr 12, 2020 1:00 am - The coronavirus has brought our bustling nation, and life as we know it, to a grinding halt. During a crisis, it is easy for us to forget about the vulnerable as we "cir...
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Releasing more prisoners the only way to prevent more deathsApr 12, 2020 1:00 am - Sunday, April 5, marked the first coronavirus death of an accused person in Cook County Jail. The first - meaning there will be more, possibly many more. Less than a wee...
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Wear the face maskApr 10, 2020 1:00 am - In the last month, I've left our home in my car exactly once, to go to the drive-through window of our local pharmacy for a necessary prescription. On the way, I had to ...
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Crisis also hits vital local news outletsApr 10, 2020 1:00 am - From this coronavirus public health crisis, though it has been with us barely three months, two lessons are clear: Accurate information quickly reported and disseminated...
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Sleepless in Santa MonicaApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - When I was a kid, my mother and sister used to castigate me for being too emotional (I cried), not tough enough. "Susie just can't handle hard things," the two of them w...