Opinion Columns
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Ethics reform rates high on Illinoisans' wish listFeb 14, 2020 12:00 am - Filmmakers John Davies and Brian Kallies last year held screenings across the state of their documentary on Illinois corruption, titled "Lincoln is Crying." Abraham Lin...
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Entrepreneurship: The real team sportFeb 13, 2020 12:00 am - In a recent episode of "SportsCenter," discussing the life and legacy of Kobe Bryant, sportscaster Stephen A. Smith related a story about Bryant's post-NBA career aspira...
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At 100, League still has work to do to expand votingFeb 13, 2020 12:00 am - 2020 is a special year when we commemorate 100 years of women's suffrage in the United States. Passage of the 19th Amendment was a major milestone along the path for equ...
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Will impeachment play in November?Feb 12, 2020 12:00 am - The Democrats who impeached President Donald Trump knew they did not have a prayer of removing him from office. But they also knew impeachment might have another effect ...
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TV series on Constitution is valuable for anyone who loves freedomFeb 12, 2020 12:00 am - "A More or Less Perfect Union" is a three-part series, produced by Free to Choose Network, that will air on various PBS stations across the nation starting in February (...
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Winning means coming in firstFeb 11, 2020 12:00 am - In my more than half a century of hanging around the clubhouses and campaign halls of American politics, I have never once met a candidate with the first name or family ...
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Romney impeachment vote turns tables on TrumpFeb 11, 2020 12:00 am - Two words leaped to mind just before Sen. Mitt Romney, a Utah Republican, announced that he would vote to convict President Donald Trump on one article of impeachment: f...
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Small businesses fear 'fairy tale' of a progressive income taxFeb 10, 2020 12:00 am - By and large, America's small business community is feeling good about the direction of the country. According to the latest survey results from my association, the Nati...
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A proposal for a less 'stupid' system of regional primariesFeb 09, 2020 12:00 am - A few weeks after the 2000 presidential election, when Al Gore won the popular vote but George Bush won the Electoral College vote with a push from the Supreme Court, a ...
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We've cut too deepFeb 09, 2020 12:00 am - "Same knife cut the sheep cut the goat" - Cajun singer Horace Trahan, from the song of the same name. You don't learn to cover government by covering the United States g...