Opinion Columns
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Do homework on prayer at meetingsDec 24, 2018 12:00 am - I read with interest the story of Dawn DeSart objecting to an invocation at the start of DuPage County Board meetings. Ms. DeSart is a newly -elected Democrat to the boa...
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Trump a danger to us and himselfDec 24, 2018 12:00 am - Since he became President, Donald J. Trump has been the deserving target of many accusations and investigations. His extramarital affairs and his failure to put his asse...
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What about due process for police?Dec 24, 2018 12:00 am - I am writing in support of our Elgin Police Department. I believe in due process, which is in the Constitution as a right of everyone of us, including police officers. T...
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Restoring America's shine will take timeDec 24, 2018 12:00 am - President Reagan referred to America as "A shining city on the hill." As I watch the current occupant of the White House and today's Republican Party's treatment of refu...
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Michael Gerson: Caring about the lives of prisoners benefits society as a wholeDec 21, 2018 12:00 am - Cleveland has written the latest chapter in the unfolding scandal of the American criminal justice system. A report by the U.S. Marshals Service details a series of fai...
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Cokie and Steve Roberts: Media is tougher on Trump because he fabricates more than his predecessors.Dec 21, 2018 12:00 am - "The man doesn't tell the truth." That simple, devastating statement describing Donald Trump was not made by a political foe. It was made by Michael Cohen, Trump's close...
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Georgie Anne Geyer says this is the season to spread the good wordDec 20, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - In these days before Christmas, one story keeps haunting me. It is a tale that seems so odd - in today's world of young people glued to iPhones, a leader st...
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Mueller's handling of cell phones that got agents fired leads to more questions about his investigation of TrumpDec 19, 2018 12:00 am - It's a little complicated, but it appears the Justice Department's inspector general, Michael Horowitz, has uncovered a serious problem relating to the anti-Trump texts ...
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Urban-rural chasm defines new Western political splitDec 18, 2018 12:00 am - For Steve Bannon, the way to create an enduring populist majority is to combine forces on the left and right. That's why he was in Italy earlier this year, where parties...
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Michael Gerson: We need a revival of humanismDec 18, 2018 12:00 am - By Michael Gerson FLORENCE - A tourist in Florentine museums is like a skipping stone above unfathomable depths. Here a Botticelli. There a Donatello. A single room at t...