Opinion Columns
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Just take your feet off their necksJun 03, 2020 1:00 am - Almost 200 years ago, Sarah Grimké, an anti-slavery and feminist activist said: "I ask no favors ... I surrender not our claim to equality. All I ask of our brethren is ...
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What leadership meansJun 03, 2020 1:00 am - History can be cruel. The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., who was unquestionably America's most prominent prophet and practitioner of nonviolence, was followed ...
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In a word, dishonorJun 03, 2020 1:00 am - The actions of the Minneapolis police officers involved in the tragic death of George Floyd last week have been met with righteous outrage throughout the country. Police...
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A police witness to protests: Conflict persists between tension, dutyJun 02, 2020 1:00 am - As a senior in college at San Jose State, I began my policing career in January of 1967. I graduated with my bachelor's degree and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant i...
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America: A nation of two societiesJun 02, 2020 1:00 am - As I reflect on current events unfolding in cities across America, following the inhumane murder of George Floyd, an unarmed, nonresistant African American male, suspect...
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State budget does not include pay raise for lawmakersMay 31, 2020 1:00 am - In such stressful and confusing times, people need to hear the straight truth from our elected leaders - so both Republicans and Democrats should acknowledge the fact th...
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Legislator pay raise illustrates Illinois Democrats' contempt for taxpayersMay 31, 2020 1:00 am - In the dead of night on Memorial Day weekend, Illinois Democrats rammed through the House and Senate a state budget so wildly irresponsible it's hard to put into words. ...
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In response to pandemic, we're learning how interdependence, freedom are linkedMay 29, 2020 1:00 am - Since before the founding of our republic, Americans have had deep and conflicting arguments about what freedom actually looks like. In spite of those differences of opi...
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Jeff Sessions, a wild Senate race and Trump's 'personal feelings'May 28, 2020 11:00 pm - Jeff Sessions is in a surreal place. He spent 20 years as a senator from Alabama, followed by 21 months as U.S. Attorney General, and now he is in a tightly competitive ...
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Selfishness and the sunMay 28, 2020 1:00 am - The weather was glorious in Southern California the past week, as it was in much of the nation. The beaches and Boardwalk were so crowded, full of families who had clear...