Opinion Columns
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Cullerton: We need action on existing gun bills, not more work groupsApr 01, 2018 1:00 am - Three years ago, Gov. Bruce Rauner slashed state funding for mental health services, autism programs, epilepsy assistance and children's health care in a move that becam...
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Airline deregulation put profits before passengersMar 30, 2018 1:00 am - Maybe you know about the beautiful 10-month-old French bulldog locked in an airless luggage compartment on a United Airlines flight between Houston and New York. Possibl...
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Conservatives can't split the difference on TrumpMar 30, 2018 1:00 am - Is it time for anti-Trump conservatives to recognize that they have lost the political and policy battle within the GOP and to accommodate themselves as best they can to...
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For Trump, a disappointing failure on the border wallMar 29, 2018 1:00 am - Donald Trump promised a lot during his presidential campaign, but the one promise he made most often was to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. No need to recount...
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Slusher: The eternal struggle to balance excitement, impactMar 29, 2018 1:00 am - Here's an interesting news judgment question for you. Which of these two events happening next Monday night will attract the most interest - a debate over a law setting ...
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Looming threat of tariffs puts key segment of news industry at riskMar 28, 2018 1:00 am - Every day at the News Media Alliance headquarters, a stack of newspapers arrives for myself and the staff. But with the Department of Commerce and the International Trad...
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Before we criticize federal budget, we have to understand itMar 27, 2018 1:00 am - In the wake of Congress' torturous path to fund the government for the remainder of this year, some in Congress complained they did not know what had been stuffed into t...
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A porn star, a president and credibilityMar 27, 2018 1:00 am - Some who watched the Stormy Daniels interview on "60 Minutes" claimed it contained nothing new. On national television, an adult performer alleged that Donald Trump enga...
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U.S. aircraft carrier visits Vietnam - in peaceMar 26, 2018 1:00 am - "The fruits of decades of effort … to build bilateral trust," is how United States Ambassador to Vietnam Dan Kritenbrink describes the dramatic visit of our aircraft car...
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A hard rain's gonna fall in Silicon ValleyMar 25, 2018 1:00 am - We might look back on 2017 as the last moment of unbridled faith and optimism in the technology industry. The revelations about Cambridge Analytica's use of Facebook dat...