Opinion Columns
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New tests reflect higher standards, better learningMar 16, 2015 1:00 am - As an educator who has been involved in teaching mathematics for 22 years, I am encouraged by recent shifts in education curriculum and assessment. The transition to new...
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Cotton letter: The roughest of draftsMar 16, 2015 1:00 am - The true scandal of the Tom Cotton letter to Iranian leaders is the manner in which the Republican Senate apparently conducts its affairs. The document was crafted by a...
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Saddest stories also can be the most importantMar 15, 2015 1:00 am - If there is one story I'd hope we'd never have to cover again, it's this: The deaths of children. Murder is an incomprehensible reason, but it can be just as unbearable ...
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Hillary Clinton's secret messMar 15, 2015 1:00 am - On March 2, the story broke that Hillary Clinton had possibly violated email regulations while secretary of state. You could almost hear the collective gasp in Washingt...
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COD board too slow to act on auditMar 13, 2015 1:00 am - Those who pay taxes to support the College of DuPage have learned recently that their hard-earned money sent to the college in good faith has been misspent on lucrative ...
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Iraq is not our placeMar 12, 2015 1:00 am - The story of the week - which may soon become the story of the Iraqi war - was the picture of the hawk-nosed, cold-eyed Qassem Suleimani, head of the Iranian Revolutiona...
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Slusher: Distinguishing between speculation and analysisMar 12, 2015 1:00 am - The oral arguments before the Illinois Supreme Court Wednesday open the door to a common, if not a favorite, journalistic pastime: lively speculation disguised as pointe...
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Where's the value in demeaning diplomacy?Mar 11, 2015 1:00 am - With a few tweaks to Scripture, herewith today's relevant verse: What therefore President Obama hath joined together, let Republicans put asunder. The letter from 47 Re...
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Selma, Ferguson and our perpetual challengeMar 11, 2015 1:00 am - The juxtaposition of the Justice Department's damning Ferguson report and President Obama's fine speech to mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday was coincidental. B...
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Still haunted by past, but looking to the futureMar 10, 2015 1:00 am - SELMA, Ala. -- On one of my flights here, sheer luck took a liking to me. I got seated next to Thelma Adair, a 94-year-old black woman coming down from New York City for...