Opinion Columns
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In midst of pension crisis, many schools still spiking contractsJul 27, 2018 1:00 am - Illinois has a public pension crisis. That's not really news, though. State officials have known about it for decades, before former Gov. Jim Edgar exacerbated the situa...
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Montenegro is Trump's latest misdirectionJul 27, 2018 1:00 am - Do you want your child fighting and dying for Montenegro? It's something you should be thinking about. That may seem like an odd question, given the more sobering ones a...
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Why is Mueller handing off key cases?Jul 26, 2018 1:00 am - Something has been going on with Robert Mueller's investigation of people thought to have played significant roles in the Trump-Russia affair. The special counsel, assig...
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State program can help assure secure retirement for thousandsJul 26, 2018 1:00 am - Most Americans believe true retirement is not an option. A recent survey by Employee Benefit Research Institute found 79 percent of workers expect to keep working even a...
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Trump's foreign policy smashes our defining idealsJul 25, 2018 1:00 am - Setting aside the issue of whether the president is wittingly advancing the interests of a hostile power - a qualification that is only imaginable in the Trump era - wha...
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Even now, GOP still enabling TrumpJul 24, 2018 1:00 am - Are Republicans finally ready to hold President Donald Trump accountable for his actions? Are they willing to take concrete measures to rein in a president whose appalli...
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There are lots of ways to create change - but you have to show upJul 24, 2018 1:00 am - By Lee H. Hamilton Back in 1883, Teddy Roosevelt wrote an essay on what it takes to be a true American citizen. He did not mince words. "The people who say that the...
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A healthcare solution both parties can supportJul 23, 2018 1:00 am - Over 20 million Americans may soon pay less in taxes and medical bills. Lawmakers recently introduced a bipartisan bill that would expand the utility of "health savings ...
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U.S.-Russian relations might have been destined to deteriorateJul 22, 2018 1:00 am - Donald Trump's press conference Monday in Helsinki was the most embarrassing performance by an American president I can think of. And his preposterous efforts to talk hi...
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Parker: Bucking the odds in TennesseeJul 22, 2018 1:00 am - By Kathleen Parker JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - Republican Ashley Nickloes is the only woman in a seven-way primary race to fill a congressional seat held by one family for fiv...