Opinion Columns
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Transparency, accountability needed in drawing of legislative boundariesMar 29, 2021 1:00 am - EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is an edited excerpt of testimony Madeleine Doubek, executive director for CHANGE Illinois, gave before the Illinois Senate Subcommittee on ...
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The GOP's science problemMar 28, 2021 1:00 am - Two stories I've been thinking about make clear that Republicans have problems Donald Trump's departure has not begun to solve. The problems are not with the Democrats. ...
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Can the Biden administration stop China?Mar 28, 2021 1:00 am - The acrid atmosphere last week at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, with its vivid murals of the 18th-century British seafarer James Cook's discoveries throug...
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Data doesn't support GOP opposition to infrastructure spendingMar 26, 2021 1:00 am - President Biden is considering a range of potential investment options for the federal government covering everything from traditional infrastructure like roads and brid...
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History tells us that wealth taxes don't workMar 26, 2021 1:00 am - With Democrats now in control of the House, Senate and White House, many of the most significant policy battles of the next two years will be determined by intraparty fi...
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COVID-19 Vaccine: Part IMar 25, 2021 1:00 am - There were many times, I'm sure, when my mother was disappointed in me, but one memory is seared into my brain like rice scorched into the bottom of a forgotten pot on t...
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The Democrats' filibuster hypocrisyMar 25, 2021 1:00 am - On April 7, 2017, less than four years ago, a majority of Democrats in the U.S. Senate joined a majority of Republicans to sign a letter supporting the filibuster. The l...
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Stigma and the $15-an-hour minimum wageMar 23, 2021 1:00 am - No one hates the idea of a $15 an hour minimum wage more than the person making $15 an hour now. You don't like to think of yourself as being on the bottom, and the only...
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The diplomatic fallout from Biden's frank talk about PutinMar 23, 2021 1:00 am - In his recent interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, President Biden responded directly to the question "Do you think Vladimir Putin is a killer?" "Yep, I do," said...
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What explains Biden's chameleonlike transformation?Mar 19, 2021 11:00 pm - How to explain Joe Biden's ideological transformation over the years? Perhaps it's the same as the explanation of why the chameleon's complexion changes when he moves fr...