Opinion Columns
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Help Trump marginalize himselfAug 12, 2015 1:00 am - In the first Republican debate, the klieg light that Donald Trump always carries around with him revealed four or five presidential candidates who, under the right circu...
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America, we can be better than thisAug 11, 2015 1:00 am - When I became a journalist in the 1960s and traveled overseas, the attitudes toward the United States were uniformly admiring. We had, after all, won World War II agains...
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A mom's perspective: Why I joined a Capitol Hill climate protestAug 11, 2015 1:00 am - Every day of a mother's life revolves around her children. Most days are very much like others, filled with getting youngsters ready for the day, going to work, preparin...
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Ozone rules will hurt women-owned contractorsAug 10, 2015 1:00 am - Throughout his term, President Barack Obama has championed the cause of women in the workplace, providing them greater access to federal contracting opportunities and bo...
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This time was supposed to be differentAug 09, 2015 1:00 am - The most important function Congress serves is to debate and pass the federal budget. I know, it also levies taxes, imposes or relaxes regulations, and once in a while n...
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The debate as a first impressionAug 09, 2015 1:00 am - Not to diminish the importance of the first Republican debate, but it felt like the first in a political survivor series. The question wasn't so much who won the prime-t...
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The importance of citizen tracking in budget battlesAug 07, 2015 1:00 am - With Illinois government now billions of dollars in the red, citizens might like to know where the politicians in both parties are stashing their cash. Now you can. As l...
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Turkey's fight against ISIS serves its own purposesAug 06, 2015 1:00 am - Since the Islamic State most unfortunately came onto our horizons a year ago, one of the Obama administration's major disappointments has been the hesitation of Turkey t...
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Making real-world decisions with IranAug 06, 2015 1:00 am - As Congress debates the deal forged by the United States and five other world powers to restrict Iran's nuclear ambitions, many opponents are asking the wrong question: ...
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A great deal -- for IranAug 05, 2015 1:00 am - The realist's argument for the Iran nuclear agreement is that it is the least bad deal that a conflict-weary America could secure. Now, with the nuclear issue parked (at...