Opinion Columns
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Conservative or liberal, we have to be willing to listenJun 20, 2017 1:00 am - Wednesday's shooting at a congressional baseball practice was a ghastly example of the political polarization that is ripping this country apart. Political scientists ha...
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Our new life in the dugoutJun 20, 2017 1:00 am - Kelley Paul had gone to bed Tuesday night as usual, with her cellphone set on "Do Not Disturb," except for family and close friends whose calls would always go through. ...
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New clean energy law gives Illinois a chance to show national leadershipJun 19, 2017 1:00 am - As the calendar has turned to June, and contentious debates over the state budget dominate the news out of Springfield, it is easy to overlook some exceptionally good ne...
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When will we get off this carousel of hate?Jun 18, 2017 1:00 am - Tragedies such as the attack on a congressional baseball team cry out for interpretation, and resist it. By intention or not, the shooter was strategic in his malice, g...
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A scolding about patriotism prompts a practical solutionJun 17, 2017 2:00 pm - Ah, if only the world would work like this a little more often. Lauren Zannini says she was “heartbroken” when she walked around her Elgin neighborhood Memorial Day week...
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Leftward shift would be recipe for disasterJun 16, 2017 1:00 am - Bernie Sanders was speaking recently to a gathering of like-minded liberals in Chicago. "I am often asked by the media and others, 'How did it come about that Donald Tru...
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A gunman shoots and we in politics become a familyJun 16, 2017 1:00 am - As the wife of a U.S. senator, I work hard to keep separate my marriage and my career as a newspaper columnist. Normally, I mention my husband, Sherrod Brown, only when ...
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A realistic optimistJun 15, 2017 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - This beautiful white city has gotten a bad name in recent years. Republicans and Democrats in Congress cooperate about as well as tigers and bunny rabbits. ...
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Cabinet showers 'Dear Leader' with praiseJun 15, 2017 1:00 am - By Gene Lyons If you've been wondering what "loyalty" means to President Trump, his most recent Cabinet meeting provides an illustration. Hint: It doesn't necessarily in...
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Rewriting American historyJun 14, 2017 1:00 am - George Orwell said, "The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history." In the former USSR, censorship, rewrit...