Opinion Columns
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Special session needed to show urgency of fighting corruptionDec 15, 2019 12:00 am - "Republicans want special session on ethics. Pritzker says no." This was a recent headline in the State Journal-Register and it perfectly sums up the position of the Dem...
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Illinois should embrace a national rate cap on consumer loansDec 15, 2019 12:00 am - She lived in her car but feared the title lender would take it. Billie Aschmeller needed a winter coat for her pregnant daughter and a crib and car seat for her grandda...
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Impeachment effort seems destined to re-elect TrumpDec 13, 2019 12:00 am - Does the Democrat leadership in Congress realize they are doing more to help re-elect Donald Trump than any Republican effort could do? Point One: They have spent millio...
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Good news for Trump's economyDec 13, 2019 12:00 am - As if the unappetizing buffet of presidential candidates isn't troublesome enough for the Democratic Party, along came an unexpectedly strong November jobs report from t...
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It's official - the dossier was malarkeyDec 12, 2019 12:00 am - The new report from Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz is an absolutely damning indictment of the Steele dossier. The dossier, compiled by the former ...
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A newsroom's sounds — and smells — when a story breaksDec 12, 2019 12:00 am - It is 12:01 p.m. last Thursday. Excited twitters and laughter spill into the newsroom as co-workers from all departments begin to gather in the break room for a holiday ...
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The morality of free marketsDec 11, 2019 12:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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Republicans promote 'know-nothingness" during hearingsDec 11, 2019 12:00 am - It's not often that you get to watch what conservative author Tom Nichols has called "the death of expertise" unfold in real time. But that's exactly what happened last ...
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Jobs act would show companies state is serious about clean energyDec 10, 2019 12:00 am - Growing up as a blue-collar kid from Rolling Meadows I know how important jobs are for Illinois residents. I feel as though Illinois has an incredible opportunity to lea...
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Proposed revisions offer ray of hope on H-1B visasDec 10, 2019 12:00 am - The Department of Homeland Security's recently released Unified Agenda gives hope to U.S. tech workers that major, long overdue changes may be coming soon. New DHS guide...