Opinion Columns
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The contagion of rationalizationJul 21, 2019 1:00 am - By Michael Gerson Susan Brooks. Brian Fitzpatrick. Will Hurd. Fred Upton. You may have read or heard these names in passing, but they are worth lingering upon. These are...
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Lottery Week celebrates contributions to IllinoisJul 19, 2019 1:00 am - In its first year of existence 45 years ago, the Illinois Lottery created its first millionaire. Her name was Irene Halley, and since then we've made 1,895 additional mi...
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The newspaper as a magical looking glass into historyJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - Stacked safely away in my attic are some keepsakes I rarely look at but could never part with. There is the Nov. 3, 2016, edition of the Daily Herald and several other n...
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The next steps for our communityJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - It has been a long, difficult 16 months since the city of Elgin experienced its first officer-involved fatal shooting in more than 20 years. On March 12, 2018, the Elgin...
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Trump never takes a vacation from provocationJul 17, 2019 1:00 am - For many, summer is the literary season of lighter novels at the beach or pool. For me - exhausted by the quickening pace of President Donald Trump's moral and mental di...
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Nobody eats wolfJul 16, 2019 1:00 am - From Little Red Riding Hood's terrifying encounter with the Big Bad Wolf to Kevin Costner's balletic romance with some kindred, four-legged spirit in "Dances With Wolves...
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Illinois representatives can help save the rest of the countryJul 16, 2019 1:00 am - In February, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill which will eventually raise the minimum wage in Illinois to $15 an hour. Illinois is infamous for our state's deteriorating...
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Lessons from Israel's "we can fix it" spiritJul 15, 2019 1:00 am - Editor's Note: This article has been updated to clarify that OrCam devices allow visually impaired people to better recognize objects. Throughout my nearly 40-year...
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Immigrants need to know their rights to protect themselves from ICEJul 14, 2019 1:00 am - There are many people reading this who wouldn't bat an eyelash if they saw an agent from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) walking up the driveway to their house...
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In presidential politics, the only certainty is uncertaintyJul 14, 2019 1:00 am - There is no clarity in the presidential race at this point, no obvious favorite, no predictable outcome. Every factor that favors President Donald Trump or the Democrats...