Opinion Columns
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Added complexities brought changes in how we prepare endorsementsOct 05, 2020 1:00 am - Orchestrating the Daily Herald's production and publication of election coverage and endorsements is complex, even under normal conditions. During a health pandemic, we ...
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Protocols changing, but basic goals the same for covering prep sportsOct 05, 2020 1:00 am - Before high school sports returned in August, I helped with our Cubs and White Sox coverage. I found quite a change from years past now that reporters are not allowed in...
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Indian grandmother showing the power of non-violent protestOct 04, 2020 1:00 am - An 82-year grandmother, Bilkis, from a small locality in Delhi, India called Shaheen Bagh made Time magazine's 100 most influential list. One can quibble about the signi...
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The political 'Honeymooners'Oct 02, 2020 1:00 am - My late mother, veteran of a long and happy marriage, hated "The Honeymooners," a long-gone television series in which the married couple of the title blustered and batt...
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When the power of words obscures the search for factsOct 01, 2020 11:00 pm - Is state Rep. Amy Grant a homophobic racist unfit for office? Or is she someone who was set up in a deceitful phone call and then compounded her problems with careless l...
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Sep 29, 2020 1:00 am - In the presidential elections of 2000 and 2004, the Democratic nominees, former Vice President Al Gore and Sen. John Kerry, were both seen by the nation's voters as more...
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Trump move on Jerusalem embassy led to peaceSep 29, 2020 1:00 am - When President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and announced he would install an embassy in the Holy City in December 2017, the foreign policy...
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This is not how a winner talks about the electionSep 27, 2020 1:00 am - On Wednesday, this was the exchange between a reporter and President Donald Trump at a news conference. In the White House, we must note: Reporter: "Will you commit here...
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Addiction thrives in the darkSep 27, 2020 1:00 am - Everything looked fine on the surface. It's kind of like when the house gets really quiet. That's when you should be worried your kids are tearing the next room apart. I...
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Who's violating norms these days?Sep 25, 2020 1:00 am - Norms, we are told, matter. Violating norms, recklessly disregarding norms - these are charges on which President Donald Trump is often arraigned in the court of public ...