Opinion Columns
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Higher gas tax unfair and bad for IllinoisJun 22, 2015 1:00 am - Illinois drivers already pay $4 billion every year in state, federal and local taxes on motor fuel. Yet there continues to be a strong push to pass a motor fuel tax hike...
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Common thread in the Bush clan is classJun 21, 2015 1:00 am - If anyone should be feeling an overwhelming sense of Groundhog Day this presidential election, c'est moi. Frankly, I've been covering Bushes for so long, I feel like I o...
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Jeb Bush's audacious announcementJun 21, 2015 1:00 am - Presidential campaign announcement speeches typically rehash well-worn themes politicians have long championed. They rarely include shockers or attempts to wholly redefi...
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Davis: Hawks top a week of coverage we'd call joyousJun 20, 2015 11:00 pm - It's hard for even the most grizzled, dispassionate gatherer of news not to get swept up in the euphoria of covering the hoopla over the Blackhawks this past week. I'm n...
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Seize the day and cap property taxesJun 19, 2015 1:00 am - Ever-escalating property tax bills are causing real pain for Illinois families. Last year, more than 10,000 DuPage County families were delinquent and faced a tax sale. ...
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Myth busting the GOP's top threeJun 18, 2015 1:00 am - Stealthily demonstrating one of Jeb Bush's more controversial policy views - the need for Common Core history standards - an "anonymous ally" is quoted in The New York T...
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Slusher: New column will provide insight through direct accessJun 17, 2015 11:00 pm - A newspaper has many distinguishing qualities and components, but one of the most important things it possesses is access. By virtue of the fact that we speak to tens of...
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Fight the Islamic State now or laterJun 17, 2015 1:00 am - If you stare at the Islamic State areas of Iraq and Syria long enough - a bit like Nietzsche's staring into the abyss - it will not exactly stare back at you, but it wil...
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GOP rivals see opportunity in Hillary poll weaknessJun 17, 2015 1:00 am - At its most basic level, Hillary Clinton's polling problem is pretty simple: Everybody knows her. When a poll reveals that, say, 20 percent of voters have a favorable im...
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Bill's Clintonesque rebuttalJun 16, 2015 1:00 am - It had a familiar ring: "I don't ever know what people's motives are," said former President Bill Clinton, prompting one to pause and consider just what the definition o...