Opinion Columns
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Pick your circus - Springfield or WashingtonDec 08, 2016 12:00 am - Springfield or Washington - which will be the best circus to watch? All of us should remember this: we're paying for both circuses - and for all the clowns who will be t...
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Personal moral decisions change society for the betterDec 08, 2016 12:00 am - We are living with an eerie air of failure about our nation today. What has happened to us? We don't really know. Oh, our president-elect can save some jobs in Indiana b...
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Slusher: Flint, water quality and the duty to identify danger before it becomes a crisisDec 08, 2016 12:00 am - We don't mean for you to be alarmed by the results of our reporting on the safety of our water in the suburbs. But it seems pretty clear you ought to be concerned. Whene...
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Senate Democrats plan to 'Ashcroft' their good friend Jeff SessionsDec 07, 2016 12:00 am - There's been talk among some conservatives and Republicans that Democrats are plotting to "Bork" the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions to be attorney general. That's not ...
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Not perfect, but excellentDec 07, 2016 12:00 am - In one of the more bizarre twists in this incredibly bizarre year, Donald Trump now questions the legitimacy of ballots cast in an election that he won. Faced with a re...
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It's dangerous to ignore Weimar comparisonsDec 06, 2016 12:00 am - Last week on MSNBC's "All In with Chris Hayes," a guest mentioned the new unmentionable: Weimar. The guest was Bob Garfield, a liberal media critic, and he was discussin...
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Three American texts to inspire, guide President-elect TrumpDec 06, 2016 12:00 am - Whatever his other considerable achievements, our president-elect is not known for his broad reading in American history. But Donald Trump is about to enter that history...
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Now is the time to ensure American values are upheldDec 05, 2016 4:00 am - As the day administration changes in Washington, D.C. approaches, there is a sense of unease among many minorities from Muslim Americans to Hispanic Americans and many m...
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Great day to be a Cubs fanDec 04, 2016 12:00 am - M. Eileen Brown, the day after setting up tables and chairs in our cafeteria to create a Disney-style queue for the expected crush of humanity, asked for the crowd's att...
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What we really need in a leaderDec 02, 2016 4:00 am - By Kathryn Jean Lopez "Now that we'll have a president who has said, 'I don't have heroes,' I suppose we must all somehow step up and become heroes for one another," wri...