Opinion Columns
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Credit reporting agencies must pay the price for their breachesJun 05, 2019 1:00 am - "My life has been a complete nightmare, for I have been denied credit, turned down (for) employment and unable to provide adequate shelter for me and my sons." These are...
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Colleges committed to ideological diversityJun 05, 2019 1:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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The snowballing climate science Jefferson would have understoodJun 04, 2019 1:00 am - When you enter the National Climatic Data Center in Ashville, North Carolina, you find a ledger in a glass case that contains carefully gathered climate records from 18t...
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The crises are over, but the fury remainsJun 02, 2019 1:00 am - Last week's election results for the European Parliament were mixed, which meant that every side could claim a victory of sorts. Right-wing populists did gain ground, bu...
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Future of tolerant, free India is at riskJun 02, 2019 1:00 am - In the recent national elections in India, the Hindu nationalist party BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi won with a massive landslide for a second five-year term. Thi...
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Mitch McConnell, court packerMay 31, 2019 1:00 am - By E.J. Dionne Jr. Permit me a question to every truly fair-minded person in our country. Imagine that one party packs the Supreme Court with ideologues and the other pa...
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The graduated income tax and property tax reformMay 31, 2019 1:00 am - After years of false starts and unfulfilled promises, structural tax reform is gathering real momentum in Springfield. With strong leadership from Gov. J.B. Pritzker, t...
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As Barr mulls declassification, a familiar tune from criticsMay 30, 2019 1:00 am - In February 2018, the House Intelligence Committee released the so-called Nunes memo. In four pages, the document, from the committee's then-chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, r...
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The unsettling symbiosis between Trump, UnMay 30, 2019 1:00 am - As the 2020 election gears up, it seems apparent that Mike Pence's days as vice president are numbered. Trump's preference is obvious: Kim Jong Un. The vice-presidential...
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Slavery is convenient tool for criticsMay 29, 2019 1:00 am - By Walter E. Williams The favorite leftist tool for the attack on our nation's founding is that slavery was sanctioned. They argue that the founders disregarded the prom...