Opinion Columns
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Lessons Martin Luther King Jr. taught still resonateJan 21, 2016 12:00 am - Many years ago, when the South was catching fire over civil rights, my editor at the Chicago Daily News innocently asked, "How would you like to go south with a busload ...
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Slusher: Key lesson with 'Making a Murderer': Think criticallyJan 21, 2016 12:00 am - In covering crime and punishment, news organizations often have to fend with fears that a case will be "tried in the newspapers." The recent Netflix documentary "Making ...
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College of DuPage can't move forward without cooperative trusteesJan 20, 2016 12:00 am - Once again, the news covers board disagreements, not College of DuPage's positives. What is at stake at COD? Our students rely upon COD transfer credits. On Dec. 16, the...
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The GOP needs both Trump and Cruz to fallJan 20, 2016 12:00 am - The outbreak of hostilities between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz may not be edifying, but it is clarifying. Cruz represents the arrival of Tea Party ideology at the presid...
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Illinois students' futures rest in MAP funding appropriationJan 19, 2016 12:00 am - There are a number of weighty issues that members of the Illinois legislature must grapple with as they solidify a budget this year, but none will likely impact the stat...
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Clinton needs more than a three-point planJan 19, 2016 12:00 am - By Richard Cohen Hillary Clinton is the Great Underestimator. Eight years ago, she underestimated Barack Obama and now she has underestimated Bernie Sanders. We know th...
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In Iowa, is Trump stronger than people think?Jan 17, 2016 12:00 am - DES MOINES - Who's leading the Republican presidential race here in Iowa? Most recent polls say Ted Cruz, including last month's edition of the influential Des Moines Re...
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Nikki Haley's righteous gambleJan 17, 2016 12:00 am - CHARLESTON, S.C. - By broad consensus, the winner of Thursday night's GOP debate was Donald Trump, followed by Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, with most of the postgame commen...
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Clash of cultures erupts in attacks on womenJan 15, 2016 12:00 am - The real surprise about the New Year's Eve riots targeting German women, now definitely attributed to Middle Eastern and North African immigrants, is why there should ha...
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Obama promised hope; he brought rageJan 15, 2016 12:00 am - Now let us praise laundry lists. Every year at State of the Union time, the president and his staff say the speech will not include them. But the laundry won't keep trac...