Opinion Columns
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Flat tax vote will shape the state's future - and not for the betterOct 25, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois voters will cast the most important vote of their lifetime on Nov. 3, one that will determine whether our state can make a full economic recovery following the ...
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Data show now is precisely the time to move to a progressive income taxOct 23, 2020 1:00 am - This November, voters have the opportunity to ratify an amendment to the Illinois Constitution that will permit the state to use a graduated rate structure for its incom...
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Both candidates' risky strategiesOct 23, 2020 1:00 am - Are both presidential candidates trying to lose? Or at least pursuing campaign strategies which put them at grave risk of defeat? In nearly four years, Donald Trump has ...
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Timely slogan for voters: BewareOct 22, 2020 1:00 am - In election campaign season, it can help to keep in mind this slight modification of a well-known Latin phrase referring to unregulated commercialism: caveat suffragator...
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2020 Campaign: shortages of wit and wisdomOct 21, 2020 1:00 am - By Mark Shields This bizarre presidential election year has suffered from acute shortages of both wit and wisdom, a fact that was highlighted for me by the passing of Ro...
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Let's not spoil suburbs' 'wonder' with progressive taxOct 20, 2020 1:00 am - The suburbs were supposed to be the place of the American Dream, of upward mobility, high-quality schools and longtime neighbors who become lifelong friends. The Daily ...
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Degrading the court and the rule of lawOct 20, 2020 1:00 am - There were times when I crowded in front of stores selling televisions to watch Anita Hill or Clarence Thomas, to see Robert Bork borked, to catch the latest on Brett Ka...
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After the election, hobby therapyOct 16, 2020 1:00 am - A new right-wing lie, promoted by Donald Trump Jr. and making the rounds on social media, is that you never see people with Biden signs in their yards flying the America...
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What, really, are Trump's chances?Oct 16, 2020 1:00 am - Every day, some new poll is published showing Democratic challenger Joe Biden with a big lead over President Donald Trump. Some Trump supporters ignore the news because ...
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Peterson: Nobel honored many Americans, Trump only noticed he wasn't one of themOct 14, 2020 1:00 am - Nobel Week has come and gone, and even in this pandemic year some things remained the same. Americans have been particularly well represented. Of the 12 individuals hono...