Opinion Columns
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Next step for Illinois: Graduated income taxJul 04, 2019 1:00 am - The new fiscal year began this week on July 1, and with it, the 2020 state budget went into effect. This is a budget that, for the first time in years, Illinois can be p...
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Trump's endless self-regard is being exploited on the world stageJul 03, 2019 1:00 am - I worked for a leader who was sometimes accused of lacking in the smarts department. But no one I know who spent time with President George W. Bush was left with that im...
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Democratic debates reveal a galaxy of starsJul 02, 2019 1:00 am - CAMDEN, S.C. - By now, the winners and losers of the first Democratic presidential debate(s) have been thoroughly hashed, roasted and served up overdone. Bottom line: Wo...
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Time for lawmakers to step up on gerrymanderingJul 02, 2019 1:00 am - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last Thursday that federal judges will not come to the rescue when it comes to partisan mapmaking. The two gerrymandering cases before the ...
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A story's route from reporter's notes to your eyesJul 01, 2019 1:00 am - Years ago, stories flew around the newsroom typed on paper carried by copy boys, from reporters to editors to copy editors to the composing room. These days, it's easy t...
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Democrats, the asylum crisis is realJun 30, 2019 1:00 am - Given President Donald Trump's mean-spirited and often bigoted attitudes on immigration, it pains me to say that he is right that the United States faces a crisis with i...
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Evangelicals praise Trump at steep moral consequenceJun 30, 2019 1:00 am - By Michael Gerson "There has never been anyone who has defended us and who has fought for us, who we have loved more than Donald J. Trump. No one!" This recent statemen...
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Why millennials may be conservatives at heartJun 28, 2019 1:00 am - Several current trends among millennials do not bode well for Democrats. Indeed, they suggest a greater affinity for (many) Republican policies, notwithstanding a, perha...
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On Janus, the high court got it rightJun 28, 2019 1:00 am - The U.S. Supreme Court's decisions are largely infallible under federal law. That doesn't mean their decisions are always right constitutionally. Justice Elena Kagan joi...
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Speaking honestly to heart and brain about immigrationJun 27, 2019 1:00 am - Daily Herald Editor John Lampinen called several senior editors and staff to a meeting this week to discuss the newspaper's policies on reporting about immigration. It's...