Opinion Columns
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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...
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Black education: a glimmer of hopeJan 09, 2019 12:00 am - In reference to efforts to teach black children, the president of the St. Petersburg, Florida, chapter of the NAACP, Maria Scruggs, said: "The (school) district has show...
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Border is not the only issue in effort to control immigrationJan 09, 2019 12:00 am - As the government shutdown moves into its third week, the focus of the debate is over whether an extended multibillion-dollar barrier at our southern border will reduce ...
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A physician's case for a single-payer health careJan 08, 2019 12:00 am - Shane Patrick Boyle, a Type 1 diabetic living in Texas, had to move to Arkansas to care for his sick mother. His health insurance did not provide coverage in that state,...
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A conservative's call to action to save the planetJan 08, 2019 12:00 am - CAMDEN, S.C. - Tom Mullikin is that guy - you know, the one who finishes Christmas dinner, then takes off to scale Mount Everest, conducting business by satellite phone ...