Opinion Columns
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Taming government's 'Leviathan by proxy'Feb 24, 2015 12:00 am - For the six years of the Obama presidency, or perhaps the last 35 years since Ronald Reagan's election, American politics has been dominated by a debate on the size and ...
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Victory not found in the words of warFeb 24, 2015 12:00 am - Channel-surfing the nightly cable news, one is reminded that certitude is the enemy of sanity. On both Fox News and MSNBC, conversation has centered lately on the propo...
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Budget is inadequate, but it's just the beginningFeb 22, 2015 12:00 am - Now it begins. After two years of campaigning to lower taxes and increase spending, Bruce Rauner was mandated to do the math and show his work. Unfortunately, the number...
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Gov. Rauner 'resets' IllinoisFeb 22, 2015 12:00 am - "Dire circumstances call for drastic measures" - a sobering message that resonated throughout Illinois as Gov. Bruce Rauner offered his first budget blueprint. I believe...
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Warm thoughts in an Arkansas icestormFeb 20, 2015 12:00 am - Housebound in an ice storm, the columnist finds himself distracted by online trivia and tempted to yell at the TV: • Washington Post headline: "Williams undone by his gi...
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A life lived as a tall taleFeb 19, 2015 12:00 am - A beloved friend of mine died this week, but not any kind of ordinary friend. Arnaud de Borchgrave just happened to be, to my mind and to many other discriminating ones,...
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With the budget, the president calls the shotsFeb 19, 2015 12:00 am - It may not be obvious from the news coverage, but a good bit of Congress's 2015 agenda just landed on Capitol Hill with a thud. I mean this literally. The federal budget...
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Board chief: Facts show buyout was in best interests of CODFeb 17, 2015 12:00 am - There has been much attention focused on the College of DuPage Board of Trustees' recent vote to approve a retirement buyout of President Robert Breuder's remaining cont...
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Scott Walker and his disappointing dodgeFeb 17, 2015 12:00 am - If I were a Republican, I think I might have supported Scott Walker for president. The man has a nice smile, nearly flunked French in college (so did I) and, most import...
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Jeb Bush rolls out kinder, gentle candidacyFeb 17, 2015 12:00 am - When Bushes run for president, they portray themselves as more caring, more gentle and more compassionate than their sometimes heartless and harshly ideological fellow R...