Opinion Columns
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Rotten education isn't preordainedMay 20, 2020 1:00 am - Black politicians, civil rights leaders and their white liberal advocates have little or no interest in doing anything effective to deal with what's no less than an educ...
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How inspectors general protect taxpayers, government integrityMay 20, 2020 1:00 am - Thirty years ago, I worked for an ambassador - a political appointee from the business world - who one night entertained a group of high-level contacts at an upscale res...
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Stigma and mental health in the time of coronavirusMay 19, 2020 1:00 am - What we are experiencing right now is scary and confusing. It is temporarily and permanently life changing. It brings to light the range of humanity's character, the bes...
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Bill Barr, champion of justiceMay 19, 2020 1:00 am - "Governments that use the enormous power of law enforcement to punish their enemies and reward their allies are not constitutional republics; they are autocracies," note...
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Amid COVID-19, we must solve the growing threat from extreme weatherMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic effect on the lives of billions of people around the world. In Illinois alone, nearly 4,000 people have died and more than one m...
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Coronavirus blame game continues to spreadMay 17, 2020 1:00 am - The coronavirus did apparently originate in China. Now President Donald Trump wants to punish that country for its role in letting the virus spread to the United States....
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COVID-19 only added to the inspiration of this year's Fittest Loser competitionMay 14, 2020 1:00 am - The coronavirus may seem to apply an annoying stain on every news story it touches - and it seems to touch an overwhelming number of them these days. But there are some ...
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What we still don't know about the Michael Flynn caseMay 14, 2020 1:00 am - The Michael Flynn case will soon be over. It began on Jan. 24, 2017, just four days into the Trump administration, when two FBI agents went to the White House to intervi...
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Many Republicans do have a sense of humorMay 13, 2020 1:00 am - An American politician can help herself politically by being able to believably use self-deprecating humor, which sends a clear message: "I am not pompously self-importa...
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Let's not waste a crisisMay 13, 2020 1:00 am - Former Barack Obama adviser Rahm Emanuel, during a recent interview, reminded us of his 2008 financial crisis quotation, "Never allow a crisis to go to waste." The COVID...