Opinion Columns
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Trump's cuts to energy innovation would hit Chicago area hardJul 24, 2017 1:00 am - Did you know that the Chicago area is a world leader in energy technology research? This enviable status is fueled in part by federal Department of Energy (DOE) investme...
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Donald Trump's lost opportunityJul 23, 2017 1:00 am - NEW YORK - There are many ways to evaluate the Trump presidency at the six-month mark. What I am struck by is the path not taken, the lost opportunity. Donald Trump had ...
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Got a good flood story? Please share. Here are some of ours.Jul 22, 2017 2:00 pm - Twenty one years ago, copy editor Rick Kirby lived on the Fox River in Aurora. He recalls some idle noontime chatter with a store clerk about the incessant rain on July ...
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Victory in Mosul overshadowed by White House dramaticsJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer The television news has been filled almost exclusively recently with stories about the "terrible" son of the president and his apparent flirtations...
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An American president's subservience toward RussiaJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - In the normal course of events, the revelation of attempted collusion with Russia to determine the outcome of a presidential election might cause an administration to ov...
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Why health care failedJul 21, 2017 1:00 am - There are many reasons why the Republican health care bill collapsed in the Senate, but two numbers help explain the outcome: 62 and 36. Sixty-two percent is the favorab...
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Slusher: Striving for clarity in a high school controversyJul 20, 2017 1:00 am - Eventually, there will be many lessons for students, parents and even society at large out of a controversy at Barrington High School involving a tweeted picture that so...
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What campaign wouldn't seek motherlode of Clinton emails?Jul 20, 2017 1:00 am - The public learned on March 10, 2015, that Hillary Clinton had more than 60,000 emails on her private email system, and that she had turned over "about half" of them to ...
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Trump's unique gift to AmericaJul 19, 2017 1:00 am - BANNER ELK, N.C. - Even the least popular presidents sometimes do great things. What might Donald Trump's great thing be? He has unified a divided nation. He has brought...
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An administration without conscienceJul 18, 2017 1:00 am - Given what we know about the collusion - and there is no other word for it - between then-candidate Donald Trump's most senior advisers and what they thought was a Kreml...