Opinion Columns
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Slusher: Spring primaries will be critical; don't miss themOct 29, 2015 1:00 am - So much attention is being devoted to the race for president in 2016, you might be forgiven if you overlooked the fact that come March 15, you'll also be selecting candi...
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Benghazi came up short in showdown with Hillary ClintonOct 29, 2015 1:00 am - There's a reason Benghazi Committee chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy offered Hillary Clinton the chance to testify in a private, closed hearing. And there's a reason Clinton cho...
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Syria: Who are we fighting, and why?Oct 28, 2015 1:00 am - An awful lot of people think about foreign relations the way they think about football. That is, they view the United States as the beloved home team, perennially compet...
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The impotent politics of 'end times'Oct 28, 2015 1:00 am - The end is near. Or not. At various points in American history, popular preaching has warned that history itself was about to culminate and cease. Many sermons of the re...
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Paul Ryan's too-familiar struggleOct 27, 2015 1:00 am - Good luck to Paul Ryan. I am not referring to whether he will get along with the Freedom Caucus, what with its insistence on a congressional version of Magna Carta (dow...
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Creators deserve fair pay for music we all playOct 26, 2015 1:00 am - On Oct. 14, I, along with 68 other music creators in the state of Illinois, met with our local congressmen as part of program called "Grammys in My District." We encoura...
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The consequences of failing the Ryan TestOct 25, 2015 1:00 am - Having tested the thickness of the political ice, Paul Ryan seems convinced it will support the weight of a House speaker. Given the nature of the Republican coalition (...
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Writing about report cards ain't exactly academicOct 24, 2015 2:00 pm - It's one of the most complex and comprehensive tasks we take on at this newspaper each year. The Illinois State Report Card - a massive data dump of student standardized...
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What do we mean by 'representative government'?Oct 23, 2015 1:00 am - With a presidential election year fast approaching, we're in for a lot of public talk about the state of American democracy. Much of that discussion will be insightful a...
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Bush, Rubio squabble while Trump runs away with itOct 22, 2015 1:00 am - One odd thing about the Republican presidential race is that the strong front-runner, Donald Trump, isn't fundraising. Soliciting contributions takes a huge amount of th...