Opinion Columns
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Protect higher education MAP funding for Illinois' futureDec 09, 2020 10:00 pm - Never has the danger of election cycles and political expediency been more apparent - or more threatening - for higher education in Illinois than it is right now. Many l...
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Let's treat voting like the precious right it isDec 09, 2020 12:00 am - With just a handful of votes still uncounted, we now know that the U.S. had its highest voter turnout in more than a century at 66.7 percent of eligible voters in spite ...
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Pelosi's costly Trump obsessionDec 09, 2020 12:00 am - One of the more appalling moments in the recent history of the House of Representatives occurred recently in the Capitol Visitor Center. Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave her we...
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Mourning doves and chickadeesDec 08, 2020 12:00 am - Weather forecasters had warned us that snow was coming, and it turns out they weren't kidding. We got about a foot in our Cleveland neighborhood last Tuesday. Twice that...
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Who will be President Biden's Stu Spencer?Dec 08, 2020 12:00 am - The first reviews are in on President-elect Joe Biden's choices for Cabinet and White House positions. And they are overwhelmingly positive: "seasoned," "experienced," "...
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Martire: Millions of reasons the Fair Tax failedDec 06, 2020 12:00 am - This November, voters failed to ratify an amendment to the Illinois constitution that would have permitted replacing the state's existing flat rate income tax with a gra...
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Estrich: What's next for Fox News?Dec 06, 2020 12:00 am - I had to laugh when President Donald Trump got mad at Fox News. He really did think Fox News was no more than the mouthpiece of the Republican National Committee. I'm su...
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Hamilton: History will revile COVID-19 deniersDec 04, 2020 12:00 am - When the history of this era is written, special attention should be reserved for the prominent U.S. politicians who dismissed or misrepresented the COVID-19 pandemic fo...
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Sowell: Remembering Walter E. WilliamsDec 04, 2020 12:00 am - Walter Williams loved teaching. Unlike too many other teachers today, he made it a point never to impose his opinions on his students. Those who read his newspaper colum...
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Williams: Black education doesn't have to be a tragedyDec 03, 2020 12:00 am - Editor's note: Walter E. Williams died Wednesday at age 83. He delivered this, his last column, on Tuesday. Several years ago, Project Baltimore began an investiga...