Opinion Columns
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State must instill bipartisanship as routine for creating budgetsJun 17, 2018 1:00 am - For the first time since Gov. Bruce Rauner took office three and a half years ago, Illinoisans will begin the next fiscal year with a budget intact. Social service prov...
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For China, Trump has been the gift that keeps on givingJun 17, 2018 1:00 am - LONDON - "America will remain the world's dominant power in the 21st century only if it is the dominant Pacific power," the late Lee Kuan Yew often said to me. Lee, the ...
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Guest columnist: Rigors of Ramadan take a physical toll, but have lasting benefitsJun 15, 2018 1:00 am - I am an experienced physician who has learned to keep personal feelings in check when interacting with patients and families. But that afternoon, the tears came out with...
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On North Korea, a president who tried something differentJun 15, 2018 1:00 am - Reaction to President Trump's summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has broken down along the usual Trump-anti-Trump divisions. The truth is, it will take a whil...
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Geyer: Trump chooses sides - and it's not with democraciesJun 14, 2018 1:00 am - Of all the time Donald Trump has been president, this last week has revealed him more to us than all the midnights we have already struggled through with him. First was ...
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Slusher: Information, misinformation and a viral G-7 photographJun 14, 2018 1:00 am - The job of news and copy editors at a traditional newspaper today is fraught with more hand wringing and fear of second guessing than I can recall in more than 40 years ...
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Strong leaders define power realities of KoreaJun 13, 2018 1:00 am - History encourages persistence, despite setbacks, and the Korean Peninsula is an especially important example. The summit between United States President Donald Trump an...
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G-7 debacle proves Trump is operating on a different mapJun 12, 2018 1:00 am - BERLIN - It is strange being in a foreign country and watching American post-World War II leadership - as practiced by presidents such as Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower...
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Guest columnist: Reduce the stigma of opioid deaths by helping grieving familiesJun 12, 2018 1:00 am - We have an unprecedented crisis happening in our country. Every day, 115 people die of opioid overdose. From 1999 to 2016, 350,000 people died. A recent survey by the AP...
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Life comes full circle with a cyclical RamadanJun 11, 2018 1:00 am - I love how Ramadan comes at a different time each year. As Muslims follow the lunar calendar, Ramadan starts around 10 days earlier every year. It may sound weird how t...