Opinion Columns
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'No one is above the law' rallying cry could backfire on DemocratsOct 03, 2019 1:00 am - "No one is above the law," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she announced the Democratic effort to impeach President Donald Trump over the Ukraine matter. The phrase h...
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On tears and 'answered prayers'Oct 03, 2019 1:00 am - I ran across a quote from the 16th century attributed to St. Teresa of Avila. It seemed to apply to some news stories over the past week, a type of story that appears fa...
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Consolidations would reduce costs, improve efficiencyOct 02, 2019 1:00 am - The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization dedicated to making democracy work through voter education, issue advocacy and citizen participation. ...
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Promoting American nationalism that ignores American valuesOct 01, 2019 1:00 am - One of the puzzling aspects of Donald Trump's hyper-nationalism is its consistent denigration of the nation itself. In a 2017 Oval Office conversation between Trump, Ru...
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Taking steps to address Chicago's heart health crisisOct 01, 2019 1:00 am - According to the Centers for Disease Control, social determinants contribute to nearly 80 percent of a person's health outcome - more than any other single factor. This ...
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Trump's misbehavior is part of a global patternSep 29, 2019 1:00 am - Whether you think it rises to the level of an impeachable offense, can we all agree that what President Donald Trump did was profoundly wrong? He pressured a foreign gov...
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Democrats, show me the messageSep 29, 2019 1:00 am - We long ago established that Donald Trump is a bad guy. We've multiple times said, "This is it. They've got to get rid of him." So what's so new and awful that the presi...
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Is capital bill already tied to corruption?Sep 27, 2019 1:00 am - A primary player in Gov. J.B. Pritzker's infrastructure plan saw his home and offices raided by the FBI and IRS Tuesday morning. The target, state Sen. Martin Sandoval, ...
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The process of impeachment is now inevitableSep 27, 2019 1:00 am - For the first time in American history, the president has pleaded guilty to an impeachable offense. This is effectively what happened when the White House released the ...
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Why people prefer democracySep 26, 2019 1:00 am - By Lee H. Hamilton A wave of protests is roiling Moscow. Millions of people, young and old, have been crowding the streets in Hong Kong. In Britain, members of the Cons...