Opinion Columns
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The real cost of protectionismJan 25, 2017 12:00 am - When the president speaks of closed factories scattered like "tombstones" across America, has he noticed the shuttered stores in shopping centers, and entire malls reduc...
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Refusing to compromise, Rauner risks a strikeJan 24, 2017 12:00 am - One year ago, Gov. Rauner broke off contract negotiations with AFSCME, the largest union representing public service workers in state government. Since then, he has refu...
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Universities cave to snowflakesJan 24, 2017 12:00 am - One wonders just how far spineless college administrators will go when it comes to caving in to the demands of campus snowflakes. For those unfamiliar with the term "sno...
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Puzder's pro-worker agenda will be good for AmericaJan 23, 2017 12:00 am - While incoming President Donald Trump was being inaugurated last week, his cabinet nominees were undergoing a second week of grueling confirmation hearings. Proponents h...
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Who's boarding bandwagon to Wood Napliswar?Jan 21, 2017 1:00 pm - The big question, of course, is when the four DuPage County towns are merged into one, what should its new name be? Few options roll off the tongue, but I'm somewhat par...
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More questions than answers lead up to inaugurationJan 20, 2017 12:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer The answers to many of our simpler questions seem to be swirling around us and settling down this Inauguration Week. Donald J. Trump will be our pr...
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Persistence, determination needed to advance social justice in Cook CountyJan 19, 2017 12:00 am - EDITOR'S NOTE: The following, reprinted by permission, is a complete transcript of remarks President Preckwinkle presented for the Illinois Commission on Diversity & Hum...
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Objectivity, division and the challenge of trust in the mediaJan 18, 2017 10:00 pm - Our Opinion page concluded 2016 with a series of editorials focusing on what we see as the state of the free press in America today and worrisome threats it faces. Crit...
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Attacking Lewis showed Trump's disregard for the American storyJan 18, 2017 12:00 am - Who is John Lewis that Donald Trump should be mindful of him? Lewis, by one definition, is a 76-year-old, liberal politician with a disturbing habit of hyperbole. He qu...
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Don't cut off the power of forgivenessJan 17, 2017 12:00 am - By Kathryn Jean Lopez Back in 2001, I interviewed Philip Nitschke, an Australian doctor who's an international advocate for assisted suicide. He was candid during the co...