Opinion Columns
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Don't let midterm madness blot out memory of KhashoggiNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - The midterm elections are finally over, more or less, and we got what we got - Donald Trump is still president. Sorry, but someone had to say it. Now back to the cold r...
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Cake walk: Nearly half of Illinois House candidates face no opponentNov 06, 2018 12:00 am - By Austin Berg Guest columnist There are 118 seats in the Illinois House of Representatives. But before a single vote is cast on Election Day, nearly half of those seats...
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What Evidence-Based Funding is teaching us about school performanceNov 06, 2018 12:00 am - For generations, Illinois had a school funding formula that was so flawed it created one of the most inequitable and inadequate education funding systems in America. It ...
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Why Trump can't order an end to birthright citizenshipNov 05, 2018 1:00 am - On Oct. 30, Donald Trump announced that he would end the "ridiculous" birthright citizenship for children born of noncitizens on U.S. soil. To achieve that end, Trump st...
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Republicans not the party of Trump, but of Joe McCarthyNov 04, 2018 1:00 am - By Fareed Zakaria It is commonplace to hear and read about President Donald Trump's takeover of the Republican Party. And certainly there is lots of evidence that the GO...
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In honor of our prince of scribesNov 04, 2018 1:00 am - BEAUFORT, S.C. - As the famed author Pat Conroy began his journey from this earth two years ago, he might have dreamed of weekends like this. To see one of his dying wi...
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Our vulgarized culture corrupts us allNov 02, 2018 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer Why is it, each time I think about this ugly season of violence in America, that certain words and phrases keep popping into my head? "Nobody's gui...
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Finally, a day of reckoning for Michael Avenatti?Nov 01, 2018 1:00 am - By Byron York Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for porn star Stormy Daniels and a 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, jumped into the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirm...
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Fragility of decency is on display in politics of our dayOct 30, 2018 1:00 am - Americans like to think of the military defeat of Nazi Germany and the liberation of death camps as their answer to the most murderous outbreak of anti-Semitism in histo...
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We need bipartisan action on climate changeOct 30, 2018 1:00 am - By Susan Hurley Guest columnist For working families in Illinois, there's a lot a stake in this election. The fate of our families, our future and our values are on the ...