Opinion Columns
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Obama abandons the 'harder path'Nov 23, 2014 4:01 am - There are any number of marvelous things one might do as president, if Congress were not such a checked and balanced mess. But future presidents now have a new method at...
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Equal rights for women long overdueNov 21, 2014 4:01 am - In the summer of 1982 in Illinois, the deadline that required 38 states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment was quickly approaching. With 35 ratified, Illinois was one ...
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Pope calls for family resurrectionNov 20, 2014 4:01 am - News that Pope Francis will visit the U.S. next year for the triennial World Meeting of Families brings elation to Catholics, excitement to pope watchers - and perhaps a...
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In appreciation for the daily task facing reporters, editorsNov 20, 2014 4:01 am - The purpose of today's column is to demonstrate the difficult job that Daily Herald reporters, editors and copy editors do, but through the experiences of others. A good...
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When questions of character mask the messageNov 19, 2014 4:01 am - Beverly Gage, a Yale historian, was researching a biography of J. Edgar Hoover in the National Archives when she came across the infamous letter the FBI had written to M...
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Answers to 'How?' and 'What next?' after electionNov 18, 2014 4:01 am - A remarkable Election Day is now two weeks behind us, giving this professor time to reflect on both past and future for Illinois. Here are some of my thoughts. On th...
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The gathering storm in WashingtonNov 18, 2014 4:01 am - When Abraham Lincoln first presented a version of the Emancipation Proclamation to his Cabinet, Secretary of State William Seward warned that issuing it after a defeat w...
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New voting regulations may be deciding electionsNov 16, 2014 4:01 am - Voter suppression efforts may have changed the outcomes of some of the closest races this month. And if the Supreme Court lets these laws stand, they will continue to di...
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The missing students of MexicoNov 16, 2014 4:01 am - Mexico is suffering a national tragedy, the details of which make the Day of the Dead look like a walk in the park. And, for some Mexican officials, keeping up with the ...
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Closing of nuclear plants a mistakeNov 14, 2014 4:01 am - Prematurely closing nuclear power plants is a mistake. Early closing of well-operating nuclear power plants, including some of those operated by Exelon in Illinois, is b...