Opinion Columns
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Trump's missed opportunityNov 02, 2016 1:00 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Donna Ryan is a retired director of finance who describes herself as a political moderate and whose political hero is Ronald Reagan. She worries about ...
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For first time, this Reagan conservative can't vote for a major partyNov 01, 2016 1:00 am - This will be the 13th U.S. presidential election I have participated in since I turned 21 in 1965. It will be the first one in which I did not vote for one of the two ma...
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Bracing for the razzle-dazzle to comeNov 01, 2016 1:00 am - One more week. It seems nearly impossible that an election season that began approximately four years ago is nearing its end. After almost two years of speeches, rallies...
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Proposal will limit energy choice, create unfair rate planOct 31, 2016 1:00 am - Illinois lawmakers reconvene next month to determine whether the Prairie State will cling to an outdated, inefficient energy system, or enable technological innovation f...
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Clinton, Trump well down list of 'inspirational' leadersOct 29, 2016 2:00 pm - One vote for Hillary Clinton. One for Gary Johnson. One for Donald Trump. But 17 for Pope Francis and 10 each for Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders. These were among the r...
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Time to move on from the Trump reality election showOct 28, 2016 1:00 am - Practically speaking, it doesn't really matter if Donald Trump accepts the results of the November election. No concession speech - can anybody imagine the big blowhard ...
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Future wars look sadly familiarOct 28, 2016 1:00 am - Up until at least Nov. 8, the nation's attention will doubtless be focused on the "war" inside the country - the tumultuous political conflict ripping us to pieces. But ...
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Slusher: Why, even in era of negativity, kids can have reason to be hopefulOct 27, 2016 1:00 am - If you were to ask some of the suburbs' most politically engaged young people to describe the state of Illinois in a single word, what do you suppose it would be? I atte...
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Where the new right has failedOct 26, 2016 1:00 am - Though Republican prospects are not quite dead, the autopsy has already begun. Which is probably not a good idea, even in metaphor. But the best of the anticipatory auto...
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Could WikiLeaks actually be a blow to transparency?Oct 26, 2016 1:00 am - Pearl and Harry Cohen, aka my parents, did not believe in transparency. When a big decision had to be made regarding my sister and me, my parents retreated to their bedr...