Opinion Columns
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We need a sense of urgency on self-managed public pensionsJun 08, 2015 1:00 am - Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton left Springfield at the end of May without sending a budget to Gov. Bruce Rauner. Without a budge...
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The politics of Caitlyn Jenner are a minefield for GOPJun 06, 2015 1:00 am - Barring a terror strike or an Ebola outbreak to distract us, the 2016 presidential election seems headed for a gender identity showdown. Within days of Caitlyn Jenner's ...
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Cowardly Congress abdicating on war powersJun 05, 2015 1:00 am - A few weeks ago, Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia made a small splash in the press when he took Congress to task for failing to authorize our nation's ongoing war against Isla...
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Slusher: Our quest in the Chicago Blackhawks quest for the NHL Stanley CupJun 04, 2015 1:00 am - We started Wednesday evening with about the best circumstance we can hope for regarding a major playoff event. The puck was set to drop shortly after 7 p.m. in Game 1 of...
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Two-year schools invest in immigrants, communitiesJun 04, 2015 1:00 am - ROCKVILLE, MD. - Fidelis Militante immigrated to America 10 years ago from the Philippines. When she was still in high school, she qualified as a nursing assistant and v...
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Humanitarian crisis overtaking South SudanJun 03, 2015 1:00 am - KUAJOK, South Sudan - "I wish," a South Sudanese female aid worker said to me, "they had waited five or 10 years before resuming the war." This is what passes for hope i...
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Duggars reality show jumps 19 sharksJun 02, 2015 1:00 am - Several years ago, I heard Republican strategist Karl Rove give a most eloquent answer to a question about his faith, rendered here from memory: "Faith is a gift that, u...
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Profiting from the presidencyJun 02, 2015 1:00 am - Gerald Ford was very briefly vice president of the United States and, following the resignation of Richard Nixon, somewhat less briefly president of the United States. H...
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Talk to right people about climate changeJun 01, 2015 1:00 am - It makes me nervous when someone who might become president of the United States says the science on climate change is "convoluted" and that it is "arrogant" to assert t...
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Davis: Strip clubs, saving small birds - all in a week's workMay 31, 2015 11:00 pm - Q. What do some of the migratory birds that crash into buildings in the Loop have in common with suburban strip clubs? A. Both are endangered species. And, I should hast...