Opinion Columns
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Slusher: Every day brings some news to soften the hardest heartNov 24, 2016 12:00 am - It does seem, doesn't it?, that until some period of calamity, we humans are disinclined to step back and recall that, as poet Max Ehrmann famously declared, "with all i...
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Bork to the future this holiday seasonNov 24, 2016 12:00 am - You may be familiar with the word "bork" - which one online dictionary defines as to "obstruct (someone, especially a candidate for public office) through systematic def...
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Putin's shell gameNov 23, 2016 12:00 am - In foreign affairs, our new president-elect seems to be utterly certain of at least one important factor - Donald Trump knows Russia. Especially, he believes he knows Vl...
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Voters decide they would rather watch Trump on TVNov 23, 2016 12:00 am - By Gene Lyons "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard." - H.L. Mencken My most recent one-to-one convers...
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Truth and consequences in the Donald Trump eraNov 22, 2016 12:00 am - Of all the losers in this season of discontent, the mainstream media top the list. I don't say this lightly and sincerely fear that loss of faith in journalism ultimatel...
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Our next president, the GodfatherNov 22, 2016 12:00 am - Following the Oct. 4 vice presidential debate, Donald Trump's son Eric was asked how Mike Pence had done. He answered as a Corleone - maybe not the storied Michael becau...
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A Muslim's reaction to Trump victory: I'll be the best American I can beNov 21, 2016 12:00 am - It's been almost two weeks since we all found out Donald Trump would be our 45th president. The dust has settled. I can finally think clearly. I am a minority. I am a Mu...
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The Democrats' troubling head woundNov 20, 2016 12:00 am - By Michael Gerson While the challenges of the GOP - its long-term demographic difficulties, its erratic leadership, the bitter struggle for its ideological soul - are...
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Bells and whistles make rebuilt Jane one smart cookieNov 19, 2016 1:00 pm - This sucker has it all: A mother ship, diverging diamond, wireless speed sensors, dozens of cameras and weather stations. It will save time and money, and fuel the econo...
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Just calling for balanced state budget isn't enough - or realisticNov 18, 2016 12:00 am - Last week, Gov. Rauner called for a meeting with the four legislative leaders to negotiate a General Fund budget for Illinois. Normally, that wouldn't generate headlines...