Opinion Columns
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Message, not money, is Democrats’ problemJul 18, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich:
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Protecting Medicaid: A lifeline for many IllinoisansJul 18, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Anna Moeller: President Trump's budget bill will severely cut Medicaid, risking coverage for 330,000 state residents and closure of rural hospitals.
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Looking sensibly at the State Department cutsJul 17, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Byron York: According to State Department documents, the total number of department employees has grown significantly over the years. After the addition of 22,874 employees, can a cut of 1,350 be “devastating"?
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A lesson on what journalism really does in a democracyJul 17, 2025 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: If you think that the lesson of Sage Gilliland’s exposé at Prospect High School is that good journalism helps bend that famous “arc of the moral universe” toward justice, I have something a little different to suggest.
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Gavin Newsom as the Democrats' nominee in 2028? What's not to like?Jul 16, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Gavin Newsom has White House ambitions, but his policies and French Laundry scandal make him unelectable nationally. Republicans will rejoice if he’s the Democratic nominee.
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The gender gap grows wider and widerJul 16, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone:
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State Department firings say much about administration’s ‘reforms’Jul 15, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Keith Peterson:
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The Justice Department whistleblowerJul 15, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich:
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Big Beautiful Bill delivers win for HSAsJul 13, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy:
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Who was that masked man? An ICE agentJul 13, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: