Opinion Columns
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Pritzker making big promises but not discussing impact on taxpayersJan 17, 2019 12:00 am - It didn't take long for Gov. J.B. Pritzker to up the ante on state spending. At his first official news conference Tuesday, Illinois' new governor announced he was reins...
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Democrats want 'technological wall' that won't keep anybody outJan 16, 2019 12:00 am - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border would be "immoral." Instead, she favors something she calls a "technological wall." Another top House De...
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What did they do with Lindsey Graham?Jan 16, 2019 12:00 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. - If loyalty only goes so far, Sen. Lindsey Graham's goes every which way - depending on the day, week, month - or proximity to Election Day. One day, he...
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Racist commments should offend GOP regardless of who makes themJan 15, 2019 12:00 am - What happens when immense bigotry gets lodged in a small mind? Rep. Steve King, Republican of Iowa, is what happens. In a recent interview with The New York Times, King...
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The Burke case and the need for property tax reform in IllinoisJan 14, 2019 12:00 am - Ever since I was a young boy, I have remembered my father waiting for that fateful day when we would receive our new Cook County property tax assessment for our small bu...
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It's time for Congress to curb the powers of the presidentJan 13, 2019 12:00 am - Watching the struggle over funding for a border wall, I am struck by the way in which, in one sense, Donald Trump has already achieved success. He has been able to conju...
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What, precisely, do Democrats want to impeach trump for?Jan 11, 2019 12:00 am - Newly sworn-in Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib electrified progressives with her passionate declaration that she and her colleagues will "impeach the (expletive)" - the "(...
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A call for serious action to upgrade MetraJan 10, 2019 12:00 am - As members of the Metra Board of Directors, and as mayors of cities in the Chicago area, we are doubly concerned about the commuter railroad's serious capital funding cr...
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Listening, respect and the flow of democracyJan 10, 2019 12:00 am - Last month, we opened the door to an expanded way of thinking about Daily Herald editorials when we hosted a meeting of the new members of a Sounding Board we assembled ...
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Dealing with identity theft during the shutdownJan 10, 2019 12:00 am - I'm betraying no secrets by observing that the government shutdown provides a window of opportunity for identity and electronic theft. Trust me, the crooks already know...