Articles filed under Commentary
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Undermining academic achievementMar 01, 2017 12:00 am - U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement, "The president's decision to ask Betsy DeVos to run the Department of Education should offend every single...
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Follow the money to uncover Trump's ties to RussiaFeb 28, 2017 12:00 am - If you think about it, no wonder Donald Trump prefers the imaginative stylings of Fox News to the Presidential Daily Briefing. He's pretty much the network's target demo...
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Enemies of the peopleFeb 28, 2017 12:00 am - In all these years covering the tragedies of the world, I thought that I was an enemy of the dictators, the killers and the plagues of mankind. I used my pen to fight ag...
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Taxpayers deserve respect in budget battleFeb 27, 2017 12:00 am - Illinois families are struggling to pay the highest property taxes in the nation. They watch their neighbors and local companies leave for other states at record rates. ...
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A heartfelt look at how evangelical gays are finding their placeFeb 26, 2017 12:00 am - There will be no Academy Award for young filmmaker Stephen Cone's considerable achievement: Best Movie Depiction of the Evangelical Subculture Without Lampooning It. Con...
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Spicer and respect for pressFeb 26, 2017 12:00 am - White House press secretary Sean Spicer might owe Melissa McCarthy a thank-you note. The actress who mocked Spicer in her "Saturday Night Life" caricature of his angry, ...
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The lessons veterans teachFeb 24, 2017 12:00 am - Bob Michel, who died last week at 93, was elected to Congress from his hometown of Peoria in 1956 and served for 38 years. As a young infantryman he had landed at Norman...
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The return of the centerFeb 24, 2017 12:00 am - By now, it is settled wisdom that we are witnessing the rise of radical forces on the left and right around the globe. Populists of both varieties, who share a disdain f...
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Slusher: Seeking the human stories behind sensational headlinesFeb 23, 2017 12:00 am - One of a reporter's most painful duties is to contact the grieving survivors of victims of crime or disaster. No matter how many times you have made that call, knocked o...
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NATO to U.S.: Yes, sir, Mr. TrumpFeb 23, 2017 12:00 am - Candidate Donald Trump set off a furious controversy when he said NATO countries should pay their "fair share" of mutual defense costs and, later, that the treaty organi...