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Slouching toward autocracy
Aug 19, 2018 1:00 AM - Columnist E.J. Dionne: In their book, "How Democracies Die," political scientists Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt write: "How do elected authoritarians shatter the democratic institutions that are supposed to constrain them? Some do it in one fell swoop. But more often, the assault on democracy begins slowly." -
There's much at stake for the public in journalism's success
Aug 19, 2018 1:00 AM - Columnist Georgie Anne Geyer: When I look at what seems to have become our national "conversation" on the press, it appears that every level of journalism has devolved into such an endless barrage of insults and calumny that I want to flee to some quiet, hidden place, safe from the very give-and-take I have treasured all my life.
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The Starr lesson for Mueller watchers: Don't hold your breath waiting for indictments
Aug 16, 2018 1:00 AM - Columnist Byron York: In Washington in the 1990s, it was a sure bet that whenever conservative journalists and activists got together, the conversation turned to the Clintons, Kenneth Starr and the Whitewater investigation.
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Fox seems to be hosting a constant anti-immigrant Olympics
Aug 16, 2018 1:00 AM - Columnist Ruben Navarrette: Talk about a race to the bottom. There is a kind of xenophobia Olympics going on at Fox News.
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Fox seems to be hosting a constant anti-immigrant Olympics
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Oberweis: Why politics has become so acrimonious
Aug 15, 2018 1:00 AM - Guest columnist Jim Oberweis: In "the good old days," we had "blue dog" Democrats who had some fiscally conservative views, and we had some socially liberal Republicans who were willing to accept abortion. -
Vos: Foxconn will be a benefit, not a threat, to Illinois
Aug 13, 2018 1:00 AM - Guest columnist Robin J. Vos: Illinois and Wisconsin should set aside our differences to support a massive project that will make the Midwest the epicenter for cutting-edge technology. -
Don't let politics dumb you down
Aug 12, 2018 1:00 AM - Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr.: In the era of President Trump, politics is reduced to a fatuous, debilitating spectacle. We screech, we weep, we laugh bitterly. We don't seem to think much. -
Vulnerable Democrats should hope for GOP unity on Kavanaugh
Aug 12, 2018 1:00 AM - Columnist Marc A. Thiessen: It is difficult to imagine any Republican senator opposing President Trump's nomination to the Supreme Court of Brett M. Kavanaugh, a judge with impeccable credentials, strong intellect and sterling character. -
Jesse Jackson Sr.: Message to racists: You will not defeat us
Aug 12, 2018 1:00 AM - Guest columnist Jesse Jackson Sr.: An American hero, Heather Heyer is never far from my thoughts, my prayers and my gratitude for her service to our country.
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