Opinion Columns
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The whooshing sound and a story that is no moreApr 16, 2015 1:00 am - Time was, and not that long ago, when today's front page would have been graced, if not dominated, by a picture of long lines of headlights streaming into the late-night...
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COD's reform movement just the beginningApr 16, 2015 1:00 am - Last week, voters went to the polls to start a new beginning at College of DuPage. In the nonpartisan election, three "Clean Slate" reformers were elected as new trustee...
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Enter the reform conservativesApr 15, 2015 1:00 am - The juxtaposition of Hillary Clinton's and Marco Rubio's announcements for president illustrates a serious problem for American progressivism: Its political bench looks ...
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Rolling Stone gathers dirt -- on itselfApr 14, 2015 1:00 am - "As we asked ourselves how we could have gotten the story wrong ..." Thus read a Rolling Stone editor's note attached to a post-mortem story on the false story it publis...
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The issues to consider regarding bachelor's degrees at community collegesApr 13, 2015 1:00 am - Illinois community colleges are beginning to advocate for the right to offer applied bachelor degrees. Is this an idea that's found its right time as a response to the n...
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Education metrics leave out key variable - resourcesApr 12, 2015 1:00 am - Whether it's the Beltway or Springfield, it seems increasingly difficult for elected officials to cross party lines and reach consensus on issues that really matter - wi...
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Election anomalies from Hinsdale to Elgin to Grass LakeApr 12, 2015 1:00 am - Sunday Soapbox. Some opinions require lots of words and elaboration. This is my Sunday Soapbox, not-so-briefly-stated commentary from one Daily Herald editor, and shamel...
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What government needs is more consultation between president, CongressApr 10, 2015 1:00 am - Congress has developed a fondness for open letters when it comes to Iran. First came the warning shot signed by 47 Republican senators that touched off a storm of critic...
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Slusher: The formula for sports coverage is full of variablesApr 09, 2015 1:00 am - The vagaries of news judgment prompt debate in every section of the newspaper, but perhaps nowhere do they stir indignant passions as in Sports. Sox fans accuse us of ti...
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If our heroism is hopeless ...Apr 09, 2015 1:00 am - The apocalypse has been much on my mind. This is not only because Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is now more or less officially in charge of a nuclear threshold state, or becaus...