Opinion Columns
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There's much at stake for the public in journalism's successAug 19, 2018 1:00 am - When I look at what seems to have become our national "conversation" on the press, it appears that every level of journalism has devolved into such an endless barrage of...
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Slouching toward autocracyAug 19, 2018 1:00 am - In their book, "How Democracies Die," political scientists Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt write: "How do elected authoritarians shatter the democratic institutions t...
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The Starr lesson for Mueller watchers: Don't hold your breath waiting for indictmentsAug 16, 2018 1:00 am - In Washington in the 1990s, it was a sure bet that whenever conservative journalists and activists got together, the conversation turned to the Clintons, Kenneth Starr a...
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Fox seems to be hosting a constant anti-immigrant OlympicsAug 16, 2018 1:00 am - Talk about a race to the bottom. There is a kind of xenophobia Olympics going on at Fox News. Primetime hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham appear to be locked in a ...
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Fox seems to be hosting a constant anti-immigrant OlympicsAug 15, 2018 1:00 am - Talk about a race to the bottom. There is a kind of xenophobia Olympics going on at Fox News. Primetime hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham appear to be locked in a ...
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Oberweis: Why politics has become so acrimoniousAug 15, 2018 1:00 am - In "the good old days," we had "blue dog" Democrats who had some fiscally conservative views, and we had some socially liberal Republicans who were willing to accept abo...
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The Kavanaugh nomination is Trump's best decision as presidentAug 14, 2018 1:00 am - Passions on the left against Brett Kavanaugh are running high. But the main lines of argument against his confirmation to the Supreme Court have pretty much crumbled. H...
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Vos: Foxconn will be a benefit, not a threat, to IllinoisAug 13, 2018 1:00 am - Wisconsin and Illinois have a healthy rivalry that often comes to a head with our sports teams. While it's hard for us to understand why anyone would cheer for the Chica...
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Jesse Jackson Sr.: Message to racists: You will not defeat usAug 12, 2018 1:00 am - An American hero, Heather Heyer is never far from my thoughts, my prayers and my gratitude for her service to our country. A year has passed since she was killed in Char...
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Don't let politics dumb you downAug 12, 2018 1:00 am - In the era of President Donald Trump, politics is reduced to a fatuous, debilitating spectacle. We screech, we weep, we laugh bitterly. We don't seem to think much. Yet ...