Opinion Columns
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York: Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders too old to be presidentApr 11, 2019 1:00 am - Whatever their differences, the two front-runners in the Democratic presidential race, Joe Biden, born Nov. 20, 1942, and Bernie Sanders, born Sept. 8, 1941, share one c...
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Williams: History proves sad folly of socialismApr 10, 2019 1:00 am - By Walter E. Williams If one needed evidence of the gross ignorance of millennials and their teachers and college professors, it's their solid support for socialism and ...
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Berg: Will Pritzker buy graduated tax with gas tax pork?Apr 10, 2019 1:00 am - By Austin Berg Illinoisans already pay some of the highest taxes in the country at the pump. But a political problem for Gov. J.B. Pritzker could mean they'll pay even m...
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Parker: Does Democratic field have a just and inspirational leader?Apr 10, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - In his most famous dialogue, "The Republic," Plato, via Socrates, explored the idea that a just state would best function under the leadership of a perfectl...
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Guest View: HB825 amounts to tax on rainApr 09, 2019 1:00 am - By State Rep. Allen Skillicorn Guest columnist "I know to you it might sound strange. But I wish it would rain." - The Temptations There isn't anything Springfield won...
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Gerson: Feelings aside, white supremacy must be undoneApr 09, 2019 1:00 am - By MICHAEL GERSON WASHINGTON - The national debate on race - which the president has made more angry and urgent with his racial demagoguery - is hindered by imprecise la...
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Skillicorn: Democrats' rain tax will become a delugeApr 09, 2019 1:00 am - By State Rep. Allen Skillicorn Guest columnist "I know to you it might sound strange. But I wish it would rain." - The Temptations There isn't anything Springfield won...
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Political and policy skills are mergingApr 05, 2019 1:00 am - Here's a surprise: the skills that can be used to win in politics are increasingly the skills needed to produce good policy. I know. You look at the policy stalemates in...
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How bad does border have to be for Democrats to admit it's an emergency?Apr 05, 2019 1:00 am - Is there any number of illegal border crossings into the United States that would strike Democrats as an emergency? As they resisted President Donald Trump's efforts to ...
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Columnists Steve and Cokie Roberts caution against dumping the Electoral CollegeApr 04, 2019 11:00 pm - By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts Democrats are really frustrated, and for good reason. After the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016, Republicans succ...