Opinion Columns
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'Misinformation' and the 2020 voteDec 18, 2020 12:00 am - Looking at reporting and discussion of the 2020 presidential campaign, has any word been misused as often as "misinformation"? In much political debate, it was used to m...
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Politics inevitable, but we still need our 'best people' as ambassadorsDec 17, 2020 12:00 am - I worked for an ambassador who had a conversation with a vice admiral who was about to retire after a long career in the U.S. Navy. The ambassador asked him what he plan...
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Media saves Joe Biden -- just as it saved Barack ObamaDec 17, 2020 12:00 am - Hunter Biden, President-elect Joe Biden's son, is undergoing a tax investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Delaware concerning Hunter's lucrative work with Burism...
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Local food banks are bulwark against hunger during pandemicDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - Hundreds of stories have appeared in a wide array of media over the course of this year about the needs of families that have been impoverished by the onslaught of COVID...
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Truly want to show the Christmas spirit? Leave a bigger tipDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - This is the time of year when I try to remind patrons of restaurants and coffee shops to tip generously, in the spirt of the season. I want us to tip well all year long,...
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The last liberal tearsDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - By Marc Munro Dion I sometimes take the long way home from work, driving through the twisted roads of a nearby suburb that was a farm town when my grandmother was a girl...
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The pediatric mental health crisis and the COVID-19 pandemicDec 14, 2020 12:00 am - We in Illinois, like the rest of the United States, continue to confront a surge of COVID-19 infections. Amid this effort, children and families are experiencing tremend...
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The real reason Illinoisans said no to the graduated taxDec 13, 2020 12:00 am - In his recent op-ed titled "Why didn't Illinoisans pass the fair tax?," Ralph Martire has it backward. Clearly, voters did follow the money, just not the money he sugges...
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The new leader of the criminals' lobbyDec 11, 2020 12:00 am - Having been run out of San Francisco, as liberal a place as you will find in America, George Gascon relocated to Los Angeles. Having failed to free everyone from prison ...
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Democrats reaping what they sowDec 10, 2020 12:00 am - "My sense is that if Trump wins, Hillary supporters will be sad," left-wing writer Sally Kohn tweeted the day of the 2016 election. "If Hillary wins, Trump supporters wi...