Opinion Columns
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Guest Opinion: State must act to keep up with education needs of changing societyJun 05, 2018 1:00 am - There is much interest in reforming higher education in Illinois, and for good reason: As the economy has improved and the job market tightened, a majority of college-bo...
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Steve Bannon's strategy for victoryJun 03, 2018 1:00 am - ROME - The Republican Party is facing dim prospects in the upcoming midterm elections. But it doesn't have to be that way, says Steve Bannon, the chief ideologist of the...
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Parker: Barr, Jarrett and what real leadership looks likeJun 03, 2018 1:00 am - By Kathleen Parker Roseanne Barr's appeal has so long eluded me that her further fall from disgrace has failed to dislodge even the slightest pebble of pity, though piti...
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Common sense is missing element in immigration policyJun 01, 2018 1:00 am - Strangely enough, it was Notre Dame's beloved Father Theodore "Ted" Hesburgh who, many years ago, gave me invaluable insights into the problems we face today with both t...
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Focus on premiums all that's needed to fix workers compensationJun 01, 2018 1:00 am - Guest columnist Steve Schneider of the American Insurance Association recently suggested "three real" steps that Illinois should take on workers' compensation. It might ...
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Trump-Russia: The bank-shot investigationMay 31, 2018 1:00 am - On May 22, a man named Evgeny Freidman, the owner of more than 800 taxi licenses in New York City, pleaded guilty to "failure to remit to the New York State Department o...
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Slusher: Another lesson of Barr scandal - written word needs extra careMay 31, 2018 1:00 am - By Jim Slusher I have spent my career devoted to the written word, so far be it from me to disparage it. But as Roseanne Barr found this week - and as sites like Twitter...
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The massive failure of Christian political leadershipMay 30, 2018 1:00 am - Three recent news items: • At the Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, House Speaker Paul Ryan said: "We see moral relativism becoming more and more pervasive in ou...
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Putin's mind in your brainMay 29, 2018 1:00 am - Facebook ads purchased by Russia during the 2016 campaign, and released by Congress earlier this month, reveal a clear intent to create havoc in the U.S. - and should ma...
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Media burdens run two waysMay 29, 2018 1:00 am - I was chatting with a group of students the other day when one of them looked me in the eye and commented, "You're very tough on journalists." I had to plead guilty. Of ...