Articles filed under Commentary
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Clinton survives another Salem trialJul 14, 2016 1:00 am - By Richard Cohen Just as there was never any doubt that Bill Clinton had sex with "that woman," there was never any doubt that Hillary Clinton mishandled her emails. And...
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Anatomy of a front page designed as news events unfoldJul 14, 2016 1:00 am - When editors were mapping out last Friday's print editions in our Thursday afternoon news meeting, we faced an option regarding the issue of police shootings. Wire news ...
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In our moment of division, who will lead?Jul 13, 2016 1:00 am - By Michael Gerson On April 4, 1968 - the day that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed by a sniper - Robert Kennedy gave (arguably) one of the greatest American speec...
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Another so-called scandal fails to hinder HillaryJul 13, 2016 1:00 am - You read it here first: "Fearless prediction," this column began on April 6, "No legalistic deus ex machina will descend to save the nation from the dread specter of Pre...
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GOP blue-collar heroes laud TrumpJul 12, 2016 1:00 am - The Washington Examiner's Jim Antle recently noted that despite talk of a Republican "consensus" on trade, "three runners-up for the Republican nomination who received s...
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Illinois' stopgap budget actually makes economic outlook worseJul 12, 2016 1:00 am - The recent passage of a six-month unbalanced spending measure will worsen Illinois' financial problems and likely lead to a massive tax increase. I voted against the unb...
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Extend 'hero' tributes to first respondersJul 11, 2016 1:00 am - As I was set to step out of the dugout, my nerves rattling inside, I turned to Maurice, a 30-year White Sox security veteran and former Cook county law enforcement offic...
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America's killing fieldsJul 10, 2016 1:00 am - Horror. Shock. Disbelief. Numbness. Grief. Anger. And terrible sadness. These fractured thoughts were all I could muster upon waking Friday to news of the ambush on Da...
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The triumph of cynicism in American politicsJul 10, 2016 1:00 am - "The most amazing thing about the 2016 elections," Roger Porter of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government told me, "is that we are likely to elect someone who close to t...
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Behind-the-scenes look at judging for RibfestJul 09, 2016 2:00 pm - And the winner is ... Porky ‘n' Beans B-B-Q Company! At least that was the informal — and incorrect — view of three of us rib judgers sitting together at Naperville's Ri...