Opinion Columns
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Slusher: Stories that appeal to our fears also need perspectiveNov 09, 2017 12:00 am - The tip came into reporter Eric Peterson shortly before 11:45 a.m. Tuesday. Someone had heard of a SWAT team at work in Schaumburg and there were reports of a weapon. Wi...
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Mueller does what special prosecutors doNov 09, 2017 12:00 am - Do you think Tony Podesta, the longtime Washington Democratic lobbyist, fixer and brother of Hillary Clinton campaign manager John Podesta, colluded with Russia to allow...
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After year of Trump, Democrats facd their own profound crisisNov 08, 2017 12:00 am - Political commentators are supposed to be somewhat objective and analytical when it comes to tracking trends. In that spirit, I find the polling snapshot of President Do...
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A quarter-century of ClintonsNov 07, 2017 12:00 am - By Kathleen Parker Twenty-five years ago on Nov. 3, 1992, William Jefferson Clinton was elected president of the United States - and Hillary Clinton is still trying to t...
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Republicans have alternatives to Gov. Rauner to considerNov 07, 2017 12:00 am - And now it's November. Fortunately for Illinois Republicans, it's an odd-numbered year. There is no election this month. The next two even-numbered years will be electio...
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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....