Articles filed under Commentary
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Understanding the American votersJan 31, 2021 12:00 am - By Mark Shields Regular readers of this space may recall that I believe Americans are the most optimistic of voters. Think about it: With the exception of those who were...
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The new federalismJan 29, 2021 12:00 am - By Susan Estrich The U.S. COVID response has been called "federalism at its best" - treating the states as "laboratories of change," as former Justice Louis Brandeis on...
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To make a desirable community even better, we must embrace diversityJan 29, 2021 12:00 am - As president of the League of Women Voters of Arlington Heights-Mount Prospect-Buffalo Grove Areas, I was asked to join with other Arlington Heights community members an...
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A week to reflect on your ability to evaluate newsJan 28, 2021 12:00 am - By Jim Slusher The Daily Herald is a reliable source of information about suburban communities and state and national issues and events, but you won't find a single pers...
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Can Trump be tried?Jan 28, 2021 12:00 am - House Democratic impeachment managers have delivered to the Senate a single, hastily passed article of impeachment against former President Trump. A trial is set to begi...
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The News Literacy Project keeps pressure on fact checkingJan 27, 2021 12:00 am - Can fact checkers take a break? After all, gone is President Donald Trump, who, by The Washington Post's count, lied more than 30,000 times while in office. And his suc...
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Will Biden leave Little Sisters free to choose?Jan 27, 2021 12:00 am - President Joe Biden likes to talk about unity and his intent to rise above partisan rancor to heal the divisions that led a pro-Trump mob to swarm the Capitol on Jan. 6....
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To regain suburbs, Republicans must return to 'first principles'Jan 26, 2021 12:00 am - The Republican Party has arrived at an inflection point where many of our policy solutions have never been more relevant to helping improve citizens' lives but our messa...
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Biden's heartfelt appeal for unity likely to be unavailingJan 26, 2021 12:00 am - "We must end this uncivil war," Joe Biden proclaimed shortly after he became the 46th president last Wednesday. Hours earlier, in his last moments as the 45th president,...
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Idealists, idealism and the compromise idealJan 25, 2021 12:00 am - At first glance, the words "idealism" and "idealist" seem almost synonymous, yet I believe they are polar opposites in meaning and substance. As humans, we all have ide...