Articles filed under Commentary
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Biden faces difficult challenge to stir passion in old themesMay 17, 2019 1:00 am - Every so often, America's party of the left is seized by the fear that its platform of anti-militarism, sweet reason and communal progress just can't compete with the ri...
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Joe Biden and restoring the old (pre-Trump) orderMay 16, 2019 1:00 am - There was a school of thought that said former Vice President Joe Biden would begin to sink in the polls the moment he announced his candidacy for the Democratic preside...
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Weakness starting to show in drive for graduated income taxMay 16, 2019 1:00 am - J.B. Pritzker announced his run for governor of Illinois more than two years ago. From the jump, his campaign pushed a simple policy message: pass a progressive income ...
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Higher education in AmericaMay 15, 2019 1:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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Trump's war on legal immigrantsMay 15, 2019 1:00 am - President Donald Trump and his allies often say they only oppose undocumented immigrants, not legal ones. During a 2016 campaign stop in Illinois, Trump even applauded a...
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Protecting health care - and our ConstitutionMay 14, 2019 1:00 am - For House Democrats, this will be health care week. How many voters will notice? The answer will be instructive about how the constitutional crisis that is upon us will ...
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Next U.S. president won't be a woman - but the one after that?May 14, 2019 1:00 am - Conventional wisdom in my inner circle of sorcerers and sources has been that the first female president will be a Republican. This is because America is still mostly a ...
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At last, a prince worthy of the American RevolutionMay 13, 2019 1:00 am - As I watched the Internet overheat with excitement about the birth of Meghan and Harry's new baby, I found myself mystified by the entire kerfuffle. Had we been magicall...
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Vanier's radical Christianity modeled a compassionate pathMay 12, 2019 1:00 am - With the passing of Jean Vanier on May 7, the sum of the world's welcoming kindness diminished appreciably. More than 50 years ago, Vanier sparked an unlikely movement ...
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Another example of why Springfield can't be trustedMay 10, 2019 1:00 am - Parents, teachers and other school choice advocates are roaming the halls of the state Capitol building during the final weeks of session, talking to any lawmaker who wi...