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Make foreign polluters payMar 30, 2024 1:13 pm - Motorists driving along the lakefront in Chicago this winter saw firsthand the effects of climate change: record-low Lake Michigan ice cover. The average ice cover among ...
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Pursue peace, not war, in MideastMar 29, 2024 4:00 am - The current conflict in the Middle East will go down in history as one of the cruelest man-made catastrophe of this century. As of the writing of this article, more than ...
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A stirring of discontent over resorting to a vague descriptionMar 29, 2024 4:00 am - Alexa, cycling through an unending stream of images from my kitchen counter, beckons me to connect with a variety of network television sports content. And I am troubled....
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Estonia’s 20 years in NATO shows value of allianceMar 28, 2024 7:30 am - Twenty years ago, on March 29, 2004, Estonia, along with Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia, joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO...
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George Marshall: A public servant and the public goodMar 21, 2024 1:15 am - One antidote to our poisonous, nasty political atmosphere is to consider especially significant positive leaders of our past. Author, educator and soldier Josiah Bunting ...
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Transformational boost for higher-ed would also help stateMar 15, 2024 1:15 am - It isn’t often lawmakers get to consider transformational policy proposals. Legislative change is typically incremental. But just last week, the state’s Commission on Equ...
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The special demands of covering a Bears move as local newsMar 14, 2024 2:30 am - From the first hints in the summer of 2021 that the Chicago Bears might be seriously considering a move to Arlington Heights, covering the twists and turns of the story h...
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Vote ‘yes’ for mental health funding in McHenry County on March 19Mar 07, 2024 2:15 am - In the last few years, mental health needs have increased across the country. In a 2023 poll, nearly 40% of McHenry County adults reported recent symptoms of anxiety or d...
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A pre-Oscars conversation on the merits and meanings of arts criticismMar 07, 2024 1:15 am - With Oscar Night only a delicious few nights away, the time seems ripe to discuss a topic that’s been on my mind, and in my household, lately. No, it’s not the glamour or...
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Let’s stop China’s ambition for world aviation dominanceMar 03, 2024 4:30 am - In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, now in its third year, Asia-Pacific regional safety, peace, stability and prosperity is increasingly important and is everyon...