Opinion Columns
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Castro: Time for Ethics Commission to get serious about sexual harassment in SpringfieldNov 06, 2017 1:00 am - Once again, the state legislature has allowed a problem to fester until it's a full-blown emergency and a public spectacle. I'm referring, of course, to the sexual haras...
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America must recapture its democratic spiritNov 05, 2017 1:00 am - Let's assume, just for a moment, that the great political leaders of the past were not cynical, deluded or deceptive when they talked about morality and religion. Let's ...
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Historical resentments feed conspiratorial atmosphereNov 05, 2017 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer Even the careful reader of the news these days could be forgiven for believing that the driving forces behind world events are economic. The White ...
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Springfield's culture of silence on sex harassment ending at lastNov 03, 2017 1:00 am - Springfield does not operate with the pride of a state capital. It's always been "Spring Vegas." And it's always been a toxic place for women. Maybe it's a lawmaker call...
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Political pandering nurtures cancer of Islamic extremismNov 03, 2017 1:00 am - By Fareed Zakaria SINGAPORE - This week's tragic terror attack in New York was the kind of isolated incident by one troubled man that should not lead to generalizations....
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Slusher: Without respect, there's no 'more perfect union'Nov 02, 2017 1:00 am - If I could one day have some personal impact on the world, it would not be to advance a social or political issue, even though, like anyone, I feel strongly about certai...
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After Trump dossier revelation, FBI is nextNov 02, 2017 1:00 am - Investigators looking into the Trump dossier were not surprised when news broke recently that the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC, working through the Democrats' la...
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Roosevelt statue desecration is cowardly, misguided protestNov 01, 2017 1:00 am - Latest to the vandals goes Teddy Roosevelt, whose bronze likeness astride a horse in front of New York's American Museum of Natural History recently received a splash of...
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It's time for tough decisions on America's forever wars'Oct 27, 2017 1:00 am - This was the week that we Americans came to a stunning realization: We are deep into a new war! No, not in Afghanistan and Iraq - we have more or less known that - but a...
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China sees opportunity in America's declinesOct 27, 2017 1:00 am - While news and analysis in America continue to be obsessed with Donald Trump's daily antics and insults, halfway around the world, something truly historic just happened...