Opinion Columns
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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...
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Moral values and customs vs. lawsDec 13, 2017 12:00 am - I'm approaching my 82nd birthday, and my daughter will occasionally suggest that modernity is perplexing to me because I'm from prehistoric times. As such, it points to ...
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The martyrdom of Al FrankenDec 13, 2017 12:00 am - With quavering voice and a tinge of stubborn denial, Sen. Al Franken announced he would resign from office. The Minnesota Democrat's remarks on Thursday marked the culmi...
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Trump demonstrates the art of the concessionDec 12, 2017 12:00 am - By Fareed Zakaria With his decision to move the American Embassy to Jerusalem, President Donald Trump did something puzzling for a person who claims to be a great dealma...
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Will: Trump, North Korea and a slippery slope to nuclear warDec 12, 2017 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The first use of nuclear weapons occurred Aug. 6, 1945. The second occurred three days later. That there has not been a third is testimony to the skill and...
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Millennials find opportunities in today's high-tech manufacturingDec 11, 2017 12:00 am - A survey by Opinion Research Corp. reveals positive news about the upcoming generation. The survey showed that while only 23 percent of baby boomers thought of manufactu...