Opinion Columns
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America's killing fieldsJul 10, 2016 1:00 am - Horror. Shock. Disbelief. Numbness. Grief. Anger. And terrible sadness. These fractured thoughts were all I could muster upon waking Friday to news of the ambush on Da...
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The triumph of cynicism in American politicsJul 10, 2016 1:00 am - "The most amazing thing about the 2016 elections," Roger Porter of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government told me, "is that we are likely to elect someone who close to t...
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Behind-the-scenes look at judging for RibfestJul 09, 2016 2:00 pm - And the winner is ... Porky ‘n' Beans B-B-Q Company! At least that was the informal — and incorrect — view of three of us rib judgers sitting together at Naperville's Ri...
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Life lessons are legendary Coach Kipp's legacyJul 08, 2016 1:00 am - Mr. Chips, a legendary literary character, was the venerable English boys schoolteacher in the eponymous James Hilton novella. If there was ever a real-life Mr. Chips of...
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Humane treatment of animals increasingly gains supportJul 07, 2016 1:00 am - Whenever I contemplate the bad things happening in the world today, I reset my mind and think back over the incredible changes in human life that I have been privileged ...
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Let's move on from Rt. 53 extensionJul 07, 2016 1:00 am - These are comments I included in a recent letter to the Illinois Tollway. I was not surprised last month to learn our county board chairman had withdrawn his support for...
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Trump and the rebellion against 'elites'Jul 07, 2016 1:00 am - Perusing the wires on a deadline morn, I was struck by a constellation of intellectuals struggling to translate the relative meanings of Brexit, Donald Trump and the Wes...
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Economic insecurity is core of Brexit voteJul 06, 2016 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer In these days after British citizens astonished the world - and themselves - by voting to leave the European Union, there have, not surprisingly, b...
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The overlooked substance in Donald Trump's speechJul 06, 2016 1:00 am - Most coverage of Donald Trump's recent speech in New York focused on his attacks on Hillary Clinton. Or the fact that he read the speech from a teleprompter. Or the fact...
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Bill-gate, againJul 05, 2016 1:00 am - But of course Bill Clinton wants his wife to become president of the United States and make history as the nation's first female commander in chief. Why, he'd be pleased...