Opinion Columns
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The true American spiritJul 04, 2017 1:00 am - Here's an issue that's not getting nearly enough attention: President Trump's assault on refugees. Not only is it bad public policy, it's a deeply immoral violation of t...
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Mediation an important step to hasten O'Hare western bypassJul 03, 2017 1:00 am - The dream of building a western access road to O'Hare International Airport has been languishing for decades - even though it has won support from nearly every local act...
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The real problem for the DemocratsJul 02, 2017 1:00 am - By Fareed Zakaria The Democratic Party has reacted to its series of recent election losses by once again concluding that it needs a better economic message. As Senate Mi...
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I pray that you respect our coverage of invocationsJul 01, 2017 2:00 pm - Few things set us off quite so much as the right to pray or not pray and when and where we can or can't do it. So when a letter to the editor arrived this past week, dec...
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What's ailing health careJun 30, 2017 1:00 am - The Senate health care bill, which was scuttled Tuesday until after July 4, was doomed by two narratives: Republicans are mean, and poor people would be dropping like fl...
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Lessons of empireJun 30, 2017 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer As the Fourth of July approaches, the idea that democracy is the highest political calling of mankind once again hangs poignantly in the philosophi...
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The case for Civility DayJun 29, 2017 1:00 am - An email conversation last week with the inspirational Deacon Don Grossnickle, an activist for hope and peace from Arlington Heights, led me to envision an entirely new ...
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Georgia vote says more about Trump now than House in '18Jun 29, 2017 1:00 am - The Georgia 6th District results don't tell us what will happen in 2018. But they do tell us what is happening right now. In a conversation two weeks before the GA06 ele...
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This approach to school funding reform is fair to allJun 28, 2017 1:00 am - Ensuring every student in Illinois has the resources they need to receive a quality education is the greatest investment we can make. That is why Senate Republicans hav...
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A brave new world none of us can seeJun 27, 2017 1:00 am - Much analysis of Yuval Harari's brilliant new book "Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow" focuses on the harrowing dystopia he anticipates. In this vision, a small, ge...