Opinion Columns
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End is near for much of Democratic fieldAug 01, 2019 1:00 am - Twenty Democratic presidential candidates debated Tuesday and Wednesday nights. It will be the last time voters will see some of them on a debate stage. The Democratic N...
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Stay tuned: Federal probes may show how right Rauner wasAug 01, 2019 1:00 am - Bruce Rauner wasn't a very good governor, but he was mostly right on policy issues. Rauner, who's been virtually silent since leaving office in January, wanted to amend ...
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Being a racist is easy todayJul 31, 2019 1:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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Coats' calm competence will be missedJul 31, 2019 1:00 am - With the imminent departure of Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, President Donald Trump has nearly completed his purge of independent minds. Coats' proposed ...
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Illinois in investigators' crosshairs, but but no reforms on horizonJul 30, 2019 1:00 am - Federal authorities are taking a keen interest in Illinois-style government. And they don't seem to like what they see. This year alone, Illinoisans have witnessed: A cr...
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Boris Johnson will accelerate the decline of EuropeJul 30, 2019 1:00 am - Britain has a new prime minister, and Donald Trump approves. "He's tough and he's smart," Trump said of Boris Johnson. "They call him 'Britain Trump.' And people are sa...
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Law gives forest preserve presidents too much powerJul 29, 2019 1:00 am - On June 11, Lake County Forest Preserve President Angelo Kyle unilaterally canceled the 27-year tradition of Civil War Days hosted at the Lakewood Forest Preserve in Wau...
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A waste of Mueller's timeJul 28, 2019 1:00 am - The picture that spoke far more words than former special counsel Robert Mueller uttered during last week's hearings was taken by renowned photographer David Hume Kenner...
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Let's not just focus on elections, but on how we electJul 28, 2019 1:00 am - A few years ago, I was at a polling place here in Indiana where a long line of people stood waiting to vote. A woman recognized me and called me over. "Why is it," she a...
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Signs of hope for wrongfully held people with mental illnessJul 26, 2019 1:00 am - As of July 1, our region is within reach of a pragmatic solution to a major social problem - the overuse of emergency rooms as the default destination of those with ment...