Columns
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The importance of context — and reserve — in dealing with controversyJun 27, 2024 6:50 pm - A few weeks ago, I discussed the lessons of a controversy at Glenbrook South High School in terms of free speech. It turns out the flap over a student’s comments in the s...
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When TV doesn't cut it, days and nights of community fun may be what you needJun 20, 2024 4:18 pm - You know, you don’t have to sit home this weekend bouncing back and forth from Netflix to Prime to Max to Hulu, Apple TV+ and beyond wondering how there could be so many ...
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Through hard times and good, Dad is in your cornerJun 15, 2024 12:12 pm - I am just going to say it: my teenage years were not good. Fueled by fire and fury, I rebelled against everything I could, even to my own detriment. I ignored my schoolwo...
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Australia’s importance growing in contest with ChinaJun 14, 2024 4:00 pm - Outside Sydney Australia, a major development is unfolding. A nondescript building will house the first factory outside the United States to build the Lockheed Martin Gui...
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Wandering down rabbit holes to understand the mathematics of governmentJun 13, 2024 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: There are many difficult assignments in a newsroom, all with their own distinct challenges and discomforts. But the assignment facing our tax watchdog Jake Griffin must surely rank high among the most formidable.
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Illinois citizen lobbyists press for bold climate action in WashingtonJun 11, 2024 2:06 pm - Guest columnist Joe Tedino: I plan to be in Washington, D.C., this week with more than 30 other Illinois residents and about 1,000 people from all 50 states heading to Capitol Hill for hundreds of climate-focused meetings with lawmakers.
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Pritzker sidelines Illinois in Biden’s long nuclear playJun 08, 2024 2:45 pm - Guest columnists Madison Hilly and Alan Medsker: On May 31, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm called for the construction of hundreds of large nuclear reactors in a speech at the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia. With the completion of two new AP1000 reactors, Vogtle 3 and 4, the site is now the largest source of clean energy in America.
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Different rooms: The reality of loss, the possibility of healing and the gift that love itself never recedesJun 08, 2024 12:00 pm - Guest columnist John Lampinen: In the May issue of The Atlantic, political pundit David Frum writes exquisitely about his efforts to cope with the unexpected death in February of his 32-year-old daughter Miranda.
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Examining ‘responsibility’ in the new Illinois state budgetJun 07, 2024 4:00 pm - Illinois’ FY 2025 General Fund budget passed last week on a purely partisan basis. No Republicans supported the $53.1 billion spending plan. Predictably, Democrats extoll...
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Illinois led on bail reform — and it’s workingJun 05, 2024 4:00 am - Guest columnist Pete Leonard: Twenty-five years ago, my brother-in-law walked out of a prison cell and into a community that was ill-equipped to welcome him back.