Opinion Columns
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Hope glimmers in VenezuelaFeb 01, 2019 12:00 am - If you want to hear the true story of impoverished, starving Venezuela - and what is behind the dramatic and hopeful events of the last week - come along with me. It is ...
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Spoiler alert -- or not?Jan 31, 2019 12:00 am - Billionaire coffee magnate Howard Schultz has two problems: Ross Perot and Ralph Nader. Schultz, a lifelong Democrat, said on CBS' "60 Minutes" Sunday that he's seriousl...
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In border talks, a new fight for barrier deniersJan 31, 2019 12:00 am - A House-Senate conference committee is beginning work on a package of border security policies that, it is hoped, can win the support of both Democrats and Republicans. ...
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Demonizing white menJan 30, 2019 12:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: http://walterewilliams.com/demonizing-white-men/ ...
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Fair graduated income tax would be good for IllinoisJan 30, 2019 12:00 am - Illinois' new Governor JB Pritzker wants to amend the Illinois Constitution to allow income tax rates to correspond to ability to pay. Hence, higher income levels would ...
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Multinational successes defy 'America First' foreign policyJan 29, 2019 12:00 am - We have just passed the halfway point of the first term of the Trump presidency and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was just at the U.N. trying to orchestrate a multinati...
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This reform is providing school options for Illinois students in needJan 29, 2019 12:00 am - By Dan McCaleb Guest columnist Imagine a life without choices, one in which there's just a single option available to you for almost everything. Lunchtime? Enjoy your pe...
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Don't divert funds away from unique, essential VA health careJan 28, 2019 12:00 am - Since 2017, I have had the honor of working as a staff physician at the Jesse Brown Veterans' Affairs Medical Center in Chicago. While over 70 percent of all physicians ...
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Harris Wofford viewed service to others as a path to joyJan 27, 2019 12:00 am - By Michael Gerson Many of the most interesting and consequential Americans of the 20th century found greatness in politics, military service and diplomacy. Only one took...
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A Davos without America mirrors a world without AmericaJan 27, 2019 12:00 am - DAVOS - The atmosphere at the 2019 World Economic Forum reflects the global picture perhaps more genuinely than in years past, and the painting is not very pretty. The m...