Opinion Columns
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Tragedy put 10-year-old in the news; why it matters nowMar 18, 2017 2:00 pm - Rigo Gonzalez went through two major traumas as a child. In August 1994, a neighborhood kid, 14, and his brother took their parents' van for a joy ride, and crashed into...
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Yelling racist in a crowded nationMar 17, 2017 1:00 am - By Kathleen Parker "Culture and demographics are our destiny." Stop. But Iowa Rep. Steve King didn't stop there. He continued to feed his foot deep into his gullet: "We ...
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In praise of pragmatismMar 17, 2017 1:00 am - As you watch the health care proceedings on Capitol Hill, imagine what things might be like if we lived in more functional political times. In particular, what if Congre...
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New Trump executive order hurts Hawaii's feelingsMar 16, 2017 1:00 am - There's a race going on for states to file or join new lawsuits against President Trump's second executive order temporarily halting entry into the U.S. for some people ...
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Republicans are defining lunacy downMar 15, 2017 1:00 am - The role of conspiracy theories has been consistently underestimated in the rise and appeal of President Trump. Trump came to the political attention of most Republican...
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Liberty is not for wimpsMar 15, 2017 1:00 am - Most Americans, whether liberal or conservative, Democratic or Republican, do not show much understanding or respect for the principles of personal liberty. We criticize...
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A biblical obligation to protect resourcesMar 14, 2017 1:00 am - One of our most beloved anthems is "God Bless America;" we know how true it is in both hope and affirmation. God has blessed our country beyond measure, "from the mounta...
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Congress' grizzly betrayalMar 14, 2017 1:00 am - In its zeal to repeal, the U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to overturn a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule forbidding the baiting, trapping and "denning" ...
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Welcome the strangerMar 12, 2017 1:00 am - President Trump has revised his travel ban on immigrants and refugees and tacitly admitted that three federal courts were correct. The part of his initial order that blo...
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From DH cop intern to top reporter on terrorismMar 11, 2017 2:00 pm - Her beginnings, same as most of us in this business, were humble. As a Daily Herald intern, she rounded up police blotter from Streamwood, Hanover Park and Bartlett. Whe...