Opinion Columns
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Debunking Five Tax Day MythsApr 19, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Every April, Americans spend more than 7 billion hours filing taxes and roughly the same amount of time arguing over them, almost entirely on the basis of several common myths. Here are the five most consequential.
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Blame, restructure, repeat: A sinking presidencyApr 17, 2026 1:01 pm - Syndicated columnist Keith Raffel:
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Have We Won Yet?Apr 17, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: We didn't destroy a civilization in a night, thankfully, only one man's temporary definition of winning. But we also have not dramatically changed the calculus of the negotiations, much less the politics at home.
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Illinois’ nuclear momentApr 17, 2026 4:00 am - Illinois is entering a new era of rising electricity demand. Electrification of home heating, electric vehicles, manufacturing growth, and new AI data centers are all dri...
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JD Vance’s hard road to 2028Apr 16, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Byron York: The bottom line is that it is incredibly hard for a vice president to directly follow the president he or she serves into the top job.
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A president’s fitness for office is a matter of national interestApr 16, 2026 4:00 am - Guest columnist Keith Peterson:
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Suddenly Accountable: For Social Media Giants, the Party May Be OverApr 15, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jeff Robbins:
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Illinois is closer than ever to expanding access to bachelor’s degrees. Now we must finish the job.Apr 14, 2026 4:00 pm - Just one year ago, we made the case for why Illinois should embrace community college baccalaureate degrees. At the time, it was a long-overdue step — one grounded in stu...
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It's time to take unserious presidential budgets seriouslyApr 14, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: The president's fiscal 2027 budget is out, and I have two reactions. The first will sound familiar: Like so many budgets before it, this is not a serious effort to put America's government on a sustainable path
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The ongoing, heartbreaking Nancy Guthrie caseApr 14, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jessica A. Johnson: It has been over two months since Nancy was last seen on Feb. 1 at her home in Tucson, Arizona, and her case is perplexing and incredibly frustrating.