Articles filed under Commentary
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The search for truth on Jan. 6 brings tearsJul 29, 2021 1:00 am - I don't need a hearing to tell me what happened on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol, which was stormed by an armed mob. But the nation needs a reckoning on that deadly day. It...
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Tommy Trojan goes for the goldJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - It was the summer of 1984. I had never set foot on the University of Southern California campus. The joke among law professors was that if we dropped USC and just called...
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Text of Cheney statement: Our children will know who stood for truth'Jul 27, 2021 1:00 am - Below is an edited text of the statement Rep. Liz Cheney gave Tuesday at the opening of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection: Statement by Li...
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One thing we know, we have to learn to master the pivot with COVID-19Jul 27, 2021 1:00 am - I have many different feelings about the mask situation in schools (and other shared spaces), as I am sure everybody does. My son graduated high school during the first...
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Anti-vaccination activists set up a scary moment in timeJul 27, 2021 1:00 am - Anti-vaccination activists, let me be blunt. It's your funeral, but it's our health care workers, hospitals and medical systems. Please stay home when COVID-19 comes to ...
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Fossil fuels will win big if Illinois can't pass an energy bill including nuclear power this yearJul 26, 2021 1:00 am - Last Monday, Gov. Pritzker announced he would be seeking re-election. The video posted to social media highlighted his efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic. "In Wa...
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Hedge funds are killing the newsroomJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - If Hollywood wanted to make a gritty movie about the work of dig-it-out newspaper reporters who uncover big local stories of government doings and corporate misdeeds, it...
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Don't miss this chance for a real partnership to rebuild our local infrastructureJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - There's an old joke about Chicago's weather. Everyone talks about it, but no one ever does anything about it. The same could be said about our federal government's appro...
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The 2020 polling disasterJul 22, 2021 1:00 am - As the last presidential election approached, one could sense that something was wrong with the polls. The race felt tighter than the polls indicated, and specifically, ...
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Avoiding bias, oversimplification in reporting on masks, vaccines and other controversiesJul 22, 2021 1:00 am - At the Daily Herald, like most other conscientious news organizations, we make great efforts to report news stories, and especially news stories about controversial topi...