Opinion Columns
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York: Will Biden de-emphasize military?Dec 03, 2020 12:00 am - President-elect Joe Biden named his national security team last week. Antony Blinken will be nominated for secretary of state; Jake Sullivan for national security advis...
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Saunders: Remote learning widens school achievement gapDec 02, 2020 12:00 am - "You don't just have a partner in the White House," former Vice President Joe Biden told the National Education Association as he campaigned for the White House in July,...
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A bittersweet November and thoughts of presidents pastDec 01, 2020 12:00 am - Roses in the wind, waving before winter's cold comes. They signify our bittersweet November perfectly. The sky grows dark early, but with a burst of beauty on the bleak ...
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Trump, Giuliani have lost any pretense they care about the countryNov 30, 2020 10:00 pm - When Donald Trump's liar-for-hire Rudy Giuliani proclaimed last week that his master's election rejection was due to "a massive fraud," it wasn't only black hair dye tha...
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Cleaning out corruption goes beyond ousting MadiganNov 30, 2020 12:00 am - The most powerful state legislative leader in the country has been running Illinois for more than three decades - but his reign may be coming to an end. House Speaker Mi...
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Major step forward by Asian nationsNov 27, 2020 12:00 am - A comprehensive new trade agreement among the nations of East and Southeast Asia promises greatly to increase production in the vast region, and in consequence benefit t...
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What next for Trump's legal team?Nov 27, 2020 12:00 am - The Trump campaign's top lawyers - Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis - went into last weekend on the offensive. On Thursday, they held a news conference vowing t...
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The refreshment of thanksgiving in a wretched yearNov 26, 2020 12:00 am - In this most wretched among wretched years, I am again confronted with the face of death and the limits of acceptability. Normally on Thanksgiving Day, I devote this col...
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Discrimination and prejudiceNov 26, 2020 12:00 am - Some of the confusion in thinking about matters of race stems from the ambiguity in the terms that we use. I am going to take a stab at suggesting operational definition...
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Celebrating statesmanship in Illinois can help bridge the divisions in the Prairie StateNov 25, 2020 12:00 am - As a protracted and divisive political campaign season draws to a close, America is a nation in which partisan cleavages appear sharper than at any time in recent memory...