Opinion Columns
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Amid good news, can Democrats talk down the economy?May 02, 2019 1:00 am - "The recession talk in late 2018 got way, way out of hand," New York Times economic reporter Neil Irwin tweeted a few days ago. Indeed it did. Irwin's tweet came shortly...
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Biden's trump cards: Restoration, reassurance and tranquilityMay 01, 2019 1:00 am - By E.J. Dionne Jr. Joe Biden's decision to seek the presidency is a clarifying event. It will require those who see Donald Trump's tenure as disastrous to decide whether...
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Myth busting and a new revision of masterpiece on discriminationMay 01, 2019 1:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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Yes, there is a fact-based argument regarding graduated income taxApr 30, 2019 1:00 am - Anyone who pays attention to state government knows Illinois' fiscal system is a hot mess. Illinois has a huge - as in $8 billion plus - accumulated deficit in its Gener...
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The empathy factor in 2020Apr 30, 2019 1:00 am - In 2008, when Sarah Palin entered the stage to debate her fellow vice presidential candidate, Joe Biden, she asked him first thing: "Hey, can I call you Joe?" It was a c...
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An impeachment circus will only help Trump, not defeat himApr 28, 2019 1:00 am - Consider, for a moment, what the growing talk of impeachment among Democrats sounds like to the tens of millions of people who voted for Donald Trump. Many of them suppo...
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A collision of two public-policy crises resulted in A.J.'s deathApr 28, 2019 1:00 am - Monsters are real. And sometimes, when grownups don't act, the monsters hurt children. The nation watched in horror as a story about a missing Illinois 5-year-old turned...
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Purists pose the greatest threat to Democrats' chances in 2020Apr 26, 2019 1:00 am - Two Democratic candidates for president pose a distinct threat to their party's chances of defeating Donald Trump next year. One is Bernie Sanders, and the other is Eliz...
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'Community' flourishes on the porchApr 26, 2019 1:00 am - CAMDEN, S.C. - With the arrival of spring and the advance of summer, American life shifts toward the porch - at least for those lucky enough to have a sheltered outdoor ...
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The personal cost of the Trump-Russia probeApr 25, 2019 1:00 am - Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is over, but the reverberations of the Trump-Russia affair live on. One such aftereffect is the reluctance of some importa...