Opinion Columns
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How tribal politics curse us with tribal moralityNov 28, 2017 12:00 am - By Michael Gerson America is currently cursed, not only with tribal politics, but with tribal morality. Some liberals tend to minimize or excuse offenses against a few w...
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Trump's snub of Nobel winners another blow to science in U.S.Nov 28, 2017 12:00 am - By Keith Peterson Guest columnist When President John F. Kennedy hosted a gala dinner for Nobel Prize winners in 1962, he observed that it was the most extraordinary col...
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Congress should modify ACA provisions to protect MedicareNov 27, 2017 12:00 am - Roughly 35,000 Illinois seniors will be diagnosed with cancer in the coming year. Fighting cancer is scary enough and patients shouldn't have to worry about access to th...
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Six scenarios for GOP disaster in Roy Moore Senate raceNov 26, 2017 12:00 am - "Given the unusual circumstances and very unusual personality involved, it's hard to see this working out well," one laconic Republican lawmaker said recently of the Roy...
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Out of the mouth of PutinNov 26, 2017 12:00 am - Russia is all over the news these days and, despite our president's cozying up to Vladimir Putin, the dominant picture of the Russian president is still that of the impl...
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How Sarah Huckabee brings White House watchdogs to heelNov 24, 2017 12:00 am - When White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders asked the press corps Monday to preface their daily briefing questions with a statement of thankfulness, reporter...
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Reasons to be thankful in tax-and-spend IllinoisNov 23, 2017 12:00 am - Many Illinoisans will be hard-pressed this week to find something to be thankful for with regard to a state government that is taxing and spending its way to insolvency....
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Slusher: Good news is not limited to the holidaysNov 23, 2017 12:00 am - As the holiday season arrives, it's common to see the newspaper filled, in print and online, with reports of the generosity and kindness of people throughout the suburbs...
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J.B. Pritzker: Experience solving problems and thinking bigNov 22, 2017 12:00 am - This is one of a seies of essays produced in response to an invitation from the Daily Herald on the topic, "Why I Should Be Illinois' Next Governor." The two Republi...
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Cook County must still cut spending to fix budget woesNov 22, 2017 12:00 am - By Chris Lentino Guest columnist Cook County government employs nearly 6,000 fewer workers today than it did in 2001. So how did the county's payroll costs grow by $300 ...