Opinion Columns
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Apocalyptic thinking paralyzes politics of gun violenceFeb 27, 2018 12:00 am - It is one of the dirty habits of our political discourse that so many people use thermonuclear rhetorical weapons as a first resort. It is not enough for defenders of gu...
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Include voices of students in debate on transgenderFeb 26, 2018 12:00 am - If you look through our high school yearbooks, we are probably not the students you would place together. One of us is a freshman; one is looking seriously at colleges t...
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Russian trolls knew their targets wellFeb 25, 2018 12:00 am - How clever are these Russians! We now learn that they placed at least 3,000 ads on Facebook to confuse and divide the American people, that they connived at a "photo" of...
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Bring me your fire and brimstoneFeb 25, 2018 12:00 am - Oh, for God's sake. What else can one say about the week after Florida's high school massacre? Funerals for the 17 students and faculty were barely begun before rhetori...
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America is not immune from forces of democratic decayFeb 23, 2018 12:00 am - A few weeks ago, the Economist Intelligence Unit published the 10th edition of its Democracy Index, a comprehensive ranking of nations that looks at 60 measures in five ...
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A non-alarmist reading of the Mueller Russia indictmentFeb 23, 2018 12:00 am - There's been no shortage of breathless reaction to Trump-Russia special prosecutor Robert Mueller's indictment of 13 Russians and three Russian organizations for their e...
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Democratic lawmakers should insist Madigan resignFeb 22, 2018 12:00 am - By Grant Wehrli Guest columnist Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's obsession with power has been well-documented throughout the years. But the recent news of how he h...
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Madigan's 3-D strategy put to the test in latest harassment scandalFeb 21, 2018 12:00 am - Delay. Deflect. Defer. Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has successfully utilized his three-pillar strategy to protect his allies and maintain the status quo at an...
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Billy Graham was consumed by graceFeb 20, 2018 10:00 pm - Billy Graham was easily the most influential evangelical Christian of the 20th century - a man at home in the historical company of George Whitefield and John Wesley. B...
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The real women's marchFeb 20, 2018 12:00 am - Tamika Mallory, an African-American who leads the national Women's March, declared at a rally in Las Vegas last month: "Stand up for me, white women ... You say you want...