Opinion Columns
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GOP tax bill would usher in a bleak futureDec 20, 2017 12:00 am - Passage of the Republican tax plan in Congress will mark a watershed for the United States. The medium- and long-term effects of the plan will be a massive drop in publi...
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'Simplified' tax reform has plenty to offer 'regulatory parasites'Dec 19, 2017 12:00 am - The GOP tax plan's top beneficiaries aren't actually rich people, or even corporations, though both groups will indeed benefit mightily. The biggest winners are the nati...
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The value of building Illinois' bridgesDec 19, 2017 12:00 am - In Illinois, we are all about building bridges. Our state is bordered by rivers. We are crisscrossed by railroads. There are enough miles of road that are under state...
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Don't move backward on marijuana policyDec 18, 2017 12:00 am - Recently, two of our state legislators announced they would push for marijuana legalization as a solution to the state's fiscal crisis when they return to Springfield in...
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Collateral damage of "credibly accused"Dec 17, 2017 12:00 am - By KATHLEEN PARKER As the #MeToo movement gained momentum the past several weeks - and more than a dozen powerful men accused of sexual misconduct were suspended, fired ...
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A healthy Republican Party can only be built on the ruins of this oneDec 17, 2017 12:00 am - I find myself wandering in an unfamiliar place. As a pro-life conservative, I am honestly happy - no, positively elated - that pro-choice Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama...
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Ives poses legitimate threat to both Rauner and DemocratsDec 15, 2017 12:00 am - Three months until Illinois voters in both major parties will have actual choices in the contests for governor. While it would seem that Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner sho...
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While bombs go off, our national identity crisis burns onDec 15, 2017 12:00 am - The phrase "self-radicalization" seems to be emerging as a regular part of the national discourse. Every vicious nobody who wants to blaze his name into eternity by plan...
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No wonder new president was wary of intelligence servicesDec 14, 2017 12:00 am - "Mr. Trump continues to exhibit paranoia about American intelligence agencies," wrote the NeverTrump conservative Max Boot in The New York Times a week or so before the ...
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Women's rage unleashedDec 14, 2017 12:00 am - That special place in hell everyone keeps talking about is getting mighty crowded. The ball got rolling in 2016 when former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright quipped...