Opinion Columns
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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 ...
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Supreme battlesSep 25, 2020 1:00 am - By Susan Estrich Twenty years ago, five conservative Supreme Court justices picked the president. It could happen again. Yesterday, Sen. Mitt Romney was President Donal...
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Vote yes for a fair carbon policy, no to scandalsSep 23, 2020 11:00 pm - This summer's ComEd scandal has once again caused Illinoisans to lose faith in our politicians and legislative processes. We can only wonder what were all the "tweaks" ...
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Technology alone will not solve the climate crisisSep 23, 2020 1:00 am - Climate change is real, it's serious, and it's us. There's no legitimate debate about that. Global warming and other impacts are occurring in line with the scientific co...