Opinion Columns
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Dealing with the unthinkable just takes a little thinkingNov 11, 2016 12:00 am - Disaffection has had its day, but now its morning in America - how do we channel the need for change and at the same time overcome the symbolic flaws of our chosen leade...
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Trump's Job 1: Show he's up to the taskNov 10, 2016 12:00 am - Donald Trump has just provided Republicans in the U.S. with their greatest unanticipated opportunity since Ronald Reagan's first election in 1980. At the same time, he h...
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Mainstream, if you must, but proudNov 10, 2016 12:00 am - I think I'm a member of the Mainstream Media. At least red-faced people keep pointing their fingers in my face and telling me that I am. And I think I'm supposed to feel...
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Fixing debt is an issue we should no longer ignoreNov 09, 2016 12:00 am - Americans understand that our nation's strength and security depend on its fiscal health. This may not be foremost on their minds right now, but rarely do I address a pu...
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An unusual election campaign finally almost overNov 08, 2016 12:00 am - Election Day has arrived. The polls will close within a few hours, and it will be over, finally and thankfully. My prediction here is that most Americans are not going t...
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The Gangs of Washington are drawing their knivesNov 08, 2016 12:00 am - Deaths are often called untimely. But Janet Reno's this week was anything but. She was the attorney general who refused to appoint a special prosecutor to look into the ...
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America: Still greatNov 07, 2016 10:00 pm - You could feel the tension. Strolling down the street, shopping at the corner market, stopping for a bite at the local tavern, friends and neighbors greet each other as ...
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Notes on cub reporters and World Series stress textingNov 06, 2016 6:20 am - jdavis@dailyherald.com So, on the morning after the Cubs' victory, I'm on my way to work, and I call my buddy Joel to kibitz a bit about the game. Somewhere during the c...
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No laughing matterNov 04, 2016 1:00 am - If we can set aside the rapidly gathering angst, cynicism and disgust sweeping the country this electoral autumn, is there one dominating emotion we might discover lurki...
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The 'Aunt Hillary' I've known since suburban childhoodNov 02, 2016 1:00 am - I've known Hillary Clinton since my early childhood. She and my mother have been best friends since they were little girls growing up in Park Ridge. As a child, I knew H...