Opinion Columns
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Trump's red line on VenezuelaMar 31, 2019 1:00 am - President Donald Trump faces a crucial test of his foreign policy and his resolve over Venezuela. His administration has made absolutely clear that the United States no ...
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Lent is the annual invitation to focus on spiritual mattersMar 29, 2019 1:00 am - A friend - reacting to the apparent thinness of Robert Mueller's case against the president - told me: "This year, I'm giving up hope for Lent." I, in turn, am giving up...
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Requiem for an investigationMar 29, 2019 1:00 am - Cathartic, it was not. The relentlessly plodding Mueller report finally ended after a 22-month whodunit that climaxed to the sound of pffft. There is no evidence of col...
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Guest column: 'No' vote is needed to protect education in Lisle Dist. 202Mar 28, 2019 1:00 am - The issue of the Lisle School District 202 ballot proposition is a source of earnest debate inside and outside our community. Lisle Dist. 202 is a gem within DuPage Co...
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Guest column: Over-taxed residents should vote yes on Lisle Dist. 202 questionMar 28, 2019 1:00 am - Illinois citizens pay the highest tax rates in the country. Residents are leaving Illinois. Higher taxes are on the horizon. That is Illinois in 2019. Fourteen hundred ...
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More university corruptionMar 27, 2019 1:00 am - Last week's column discussed the highly publicized university corruption scheme wherein wealthy parents bought admission at prestigious universities for their children. ...
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A victory for President Trump? Not so fastMar 26, 2019 1:00 am - What may be considered a major victory for President Donald Trump may really be nothing more than an extension of the open and nasty - and mean-spirited - hostility betw...
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To counter hate, we must learn to appreciate and not fear diversityMar 25, 2019 1:00 am - I feel pity for the man who massacred 51 Muslims in two mosques. I am taking the lead of the New Zealand Prime Minister and will not name the killer to deny him the noto...
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Bill needed to fix 'backward' property assessment processMar 24, 2019 1:00 am - If you are a Cook County taxpayer, you know the feeling: Every three years you receive a notice in the mail and hope your assessment has not increased dramatically from ...
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The court should steer away from the politics of gerrymanderingMar 24, 2019 1:00 am - If an adjective creates a redundancy, does preceding it with two other adjectives give the Supreme Court a reason to venture where it has never gone before? Come Tuesday...