Opinion Columns
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Trump never takes a vacation from provocationJul 17, 2019 1:00 am - For many, summer is the literary season of lighter novels at the beach or pool. For me - exhausted by the quickening pace of President Donald Trump's moral and mental di...
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Nobody eats wolfJul 16, 2019 1:00 am - From Little Red Riding Hood's terrifying encounter with the Big Bad Wolf to Kevin Costner's balletic romance with some kindred, four-legged spirit in "Dances With Wolves...
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Illinois representatives can help save the rest of the countryJul 16, 2019 1:00 am - In February, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill which will eventually raise the minimum wage in Illinois to $15 an hour. Illinois is infamous for our state's deteriorating...
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Lessons from Israel's "we can fix it" spiritJul 15, 2019 1:00 am - Editor's Note: This article has been updated to clarify that OrCam devices allow visually impaired people to better recognize objects. Throughout my nearly 40-year...
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Immigrants need to know their rights to protect themselves from ICEJul 14, 2019 1:00 am - There are many people reading this who wouldn't bat an eyelash if they saw an agent from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) walking up the driveway to their house...
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In presidential politics, the only certainty is uncertaintyJul 14, 2019 1:00 am - There is no clarity in the presidential race at this point, no obvious favorite, no predictable outcome. Every factor that favors President Donald Trump or the Democrats...
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Dems 2020 task: Convince voters to overlook economyJul 12, 2019 1:00 am - On Oct. 28, 1980, in the final debate of his race against Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan asked a question that has come to define presidential politics. "Next Tuesday all o...
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Spending cuts have been made; state must keep focus on revenueJul 12, 2019 1:00 am - J.B. Pritzker's first year as governor stands in stark contrast to that of his immediate predecessor Bruce Rauner. While the Rauner Administration struggled to find comm...
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A fond farewell to state I love that doesn't seem to love meJul 11, 2019 1:00 am - As a person who makes his living in the political world, a big part of what I try to do is separate my emotions from rational thought in hopes of being able to see the w...
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Democrats tread on sensitive groundJul 11, 2019 1:00 am - The Democratic Party's stampede to the presidency seems to be veering of late toward a racially charged contest. Between Joe Biden's admitted friendliness with segregat...