Opinion Columns
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Trump's reckoning is well under wayJan 01, 2019 12:00 am - For the new year, critics of President Donald Trump should resolve not to be intimidated by the potential wrath of his vaunted political base. The only one who should co...
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War and politics: My story with Speaker MadiganDec 31, 2018 12:00 am - What if I told you that there was a time in Illinois' not-too-distant past when Democrats and Republicans treated each other with respect? What if I told you there was a...
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This Latino congressman should have asked Santa for a new set of mannersDec 30, 2018 12:00 am - Ever wonder what members of Congress get for Christmas? I hope that Luis Gutierrez got a new set of manners. Because, based on how he conducted himself at a hearing a fe...
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The words of the year that politicians just won't speakDec 28, 2018 12:00 am - The Oxford English Dictionaries named "toxic" the word of the year for 2018. Merriam-Webster picked "justice." Two words that were never considered because hardly anybod...
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Getting identity politics rightDec 28, 2018 12:00 am - By E.J. Dionne Jr. Progressives have some intellectual and moral work to do. What are cast as political challenges to liberals and the left are also philosophical probl...
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Keystone Kops capture U.S. economyDec 27, 2018 12:00 am - The Keystone Kops are officially in charge of our economy. Markets have been plunging, with the S&P 500 down 20 percent from its September peak. A lot of factors have dr...
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What politicians should do about Illinois' declining populationDec 27, 2018 12:00 am - It's the same grim story to which Illinoisans have grown accustomed: We're shrinking. And it's getting worse. New numbers released Dec. 19 from the U.S. Census Bureau pa...
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Mattis does his duty - and the world is less safeDec 25, 2018 12:00 am - By Kathleen Parker 'Tis not the season to be jolly, thanks to Donald Trump. His sudden, unilateral decision to withdraw troops from Syria, forcing the resignation of Se...
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Pre-meeting prayers are protectedDec 24, 2018 12:00 am - In light of newly elected Democrats on the DuPage County Board calling for an end to pre-meeting prayers, it is important to look to precedents set by prior Supreme Cour...
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Stop prayer at county board meetingsDec 24, 2018 12:00 am - Kudos to incoming DuPage County Board member Dawn DeSart and several other of her newly-elected board members for calling for an end to longtime tradition of beginning b...