Opinion Columns
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Trump setting back American foreign relations 70 yearsJan 31, 2017 12:00 am - NEW YORK — In his first days in office, Donald Trump has begun to reverse the domestic policies of the previous eight years. But with regard to America's relations with ...
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Lower conduct standards for liberalsJan 31, 2017 12:00 am - One can only imagine the widespread media, political and intellectual condemnation of Republicans and conservatives if, after the inauguration of Barack Obama, they had ...
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Existing overtime policy best for disabled, caregiversJan 30, 2017 12:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed a bill on Friday that would have put some of Illinois' most vulnerable at risk and cost taxpayers more than $14 million annually. Senate Bill 2...
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The importance of the Gosnell caseJan 29, 2017 12:00 am - "You can't unlearn," Ann McElhinney insists, referring to what she and her husband, Phelim McAleer, write about in their new book, "Gosnell: The Untold Story of America'...
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Fentanyl, latest drug of choice, adds to death tollJan 28, 2017 1:00 pm - Fentanyl. It was described by a suburban coroner as "heroin on steroids." And despite the scores of stories we're done in the past few years on the increase in deaths by...
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The perils of a tweeter in chiefJan 27, 2017 12:00 am - All political leaders, presidents in particular, dream of using technology to avoid the media filter and speak directly to the American people. Thomas Jefferson - both e...
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Bickering at New York Times let Trump off the hookJan 27, 2017 12:00 am - Now that the horses have left the barn, trotted out the front gate and are galloping headlong down the county road, editors at The New York Times have taken to public bi...
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Wars of wordsJan 26, 2017 12:00 am - In the days after the presidential inauguration, there was a lot of talk about "war." Man-talk. You know how they are when they get together, telling battle stories and ...
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For many, Trump's inauguration means the return of optimismJan 26, 2017 12:00 am - "It was a Trump speech," said Beth Lesser, a Donald Trump supporter from Greenville, South Carolina, after listening to the president's inaugural address on the Mall. "H...
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Sean Spicer's Stalinist apparitionJan 25, 2017 12:00 am - By Richard Cohen Sean Spicer is the appropriate face of the new Trump administration. He is the White House press secretary, the spokesman and all of that, and he ca...