Opinion Columns
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The tragic success of mass incarcerationJul 03, 2013 5:00 am - At a time of earnest debate on the size and role of government, relatively little attention has been paid to the Hoover Dam of American social engineering: mass incarcer...
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The N-word vs. crackerJul 02, 2013 5:00 am - The trial of George Zimmerman, accused of fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, inevitably and quickly devolved into a contest of who is more racist — the victim or the accus...
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Congress needs to remember how to make policyJul 02, 2013 5:00 am - I’ve noticed a recurring question as I talk to people about Congress. What can be done, they wonder, to get Congress back on track? Is our national legislature capable o...
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Why give voice to unconventional views?Jun 30, 2013 5:00 am - The topic hasn’t come up lately, but I’m presuming we would not profile someone trying to sell far and wide the theory that the Holocaust did not exist. There are those ...
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Everybody’s a comedian, but some things just aren’t funnyJun 28, 2013 5:00 am - When it comes to knock-knock jokes, it helps to be 5 years old: You can slap your head, roll your eyes, and run outside and play. In a courtroom where the defendant is c...
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Proposed state tax credit could help make college more affordableJun 27, 2013 5:00 am - A college education should be an attainable goal for every aspiring student and family in Illinois; and no family should have to bury themselves deeper into debt just to...
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Federal pricing model would help students better plan college paymentsJun 27, 2013 5:00 am - There is $1 trillion in outstanding student loan debt in America. The number of overdue loans is at an all-time high, with over 5 million student loan borrowers having ...
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Who has ammo in state’s three-way staredown?Jun 25, 2013 5:00 am - In the great movie “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” the main characters have a film ending staredown/three-way shootout in a cemetery that has one grave filled with bur...
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Quinn: No more alibis for inaction on pension reformJun 25, 2013 5:00 am - Dear Illinois Taxpayers, I’ve always been honest with you. As I write to you today, it’s been nearly two years since I made pension reform the top priority for Illinois....
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DuPage County's target in consolidation battle: mosquitoesJun 23, 2013 5:00 am - Not long after DuPage County was granted the authority to dismantle some of the more obscure local units of government, county board Chairman Dan Cronin is taking aim at...