Opinion Columns
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A Trump good deed receives its punishmentNov 05, 2020 12:00 am - Of all the Twitter attacks on President Trump - and there are thousands every day - one stood out on election eve. It was a photo of a woman sitting with the president i...
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'I just wanted to let you know'Nov 05, 2020 12:00 am - I first heard from my old high school friend in an email in October 2011. Subject line: "Ashtabula High 1975." "I am in complete shock over what has happened to compassi...
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A little compassion for the losers, pleaseNov 04, 2020 12:00 am - There is no place quieter or more forlorn than the losing candidate's headquarters the morning after election night. If the phone rings, it's a good bet that it is eithe...
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On Route 66, ice cream and traveling a long roadNov 04, 2020 12:00 am - For almost 20 years, I have planned and hosted programs for women as Women's Initiative Coordinator for Itasca Bank & Trust Co. Our programs drew audiences of from 30 to...
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Election results will come late this year. That's a good thing.Nov 03, 2020 12:00 am - We're just about to finish up this election, and a record-shattering 51 million votes have already been cast across the country. The devastation wrought by COVID-19 (and...
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The perils of political trifectasNov 03, 2020 12:00 am - If the final election returns, when they finally come in, match the current polls, Joe Biden's Democrats will win a trifecta: the White House and majorities in both hous...
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How we got the story: The changes required to cover voting in a unique election yearNov 02, 2020 1:00 am - This election season has been like no other, not only for voters but also for reporters covering them. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and a particularly heated political cli...
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There's a man in your garageNov 01, 2020 12:00 am - I live in a nice neighborhood of single-family homes. There's a market down the block where you see a few homeless people, but the market always has rather burly guys wo...
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Swastika in Arlington Heights: A rabbi respondsNov 01, 2020 12:00 am - Like you, I was shocked to learn that someone scrawled a swastika on a building in our community. As a rabbi at the Chabad Jewish Center of Arlington Heights, with three...
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The Trump support you don't seeOct 29, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA - Everyone can see President Donald Trump's rallies. In the final days of the campaign, he is jetting from swing state to swing state, drawing b...