Columns
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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.
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India’s election process troubled, and outcome has implications for U.S.May 31, 2024 4:00 am - Guest columnist Javeed Akhter:
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Understanding the practical limits of free speechMay 30, 2024 4:00 am - It is not comedy alone that requires time and distance to make use of tragedy. Expressing certain serious points of view also often depends on both conditions. And just a...
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An opportunity for a harmless, abundant diversion from ‘the news’May 23, 2024 4:00 am - I suspect that in a month or so, you will have heard and seen — and perhaps tasted, if you are adventurous — enough of the Brood XIII cicada to last you until its next ap...
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May 22, 2024 1:37 pm - With cyberattacks on the rise, our data privacy has never been in greater peril. Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s work helping keep that information safe has been welcome, ...
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Just among us friends, some words about news principlesMay 15, 2024 8:00 pm - You might think it goes without saying, but just in case it doesn’t, let me say it. The way David Pecker and Michael Cohen describe efforts to use the National Enquirer t...
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Billboards, trees and a long and winding roadMay 09, 2024 4:00 am - Funny how one thought can lead to another until, rather like the famous parlor game of “Telephone,” you wind up somewhere far different from where you started. A news sto...
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Inhalers show ‘money trail’ affecting medicine pricesMay 05, 2024 5:24 pm - When I read the news that three out of four manufacturers of asthma and COPD inhalers have decided to cap the price to the patient to no more than $35 a month, it came as...
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Data does not support allotting public funds to sports stadiumsMay 03, 2024 4:00 am - The Chicago Bears, a football team valued at $6.3 billion by Forbes, with a principal owner, Virginia McCaskey, who has a net worth valued at $1.3 billion by Forbes, are ...
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Now is the time to flex your democratic muscle on legislative issuesMay 02, 2024 4:00 am - It has been about two months since Gov. J.B. Pritzker presented his proposed budget for the coming fiscal year. Only now is the true picture of next year’s anticipated sp...