Articles filed under Commentary
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Intensifying into violenceAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - "Protestors in California," tweeted ABC News, about an incident in Oakland, "set fire to a courthouse, damaged a police station and assaulted officers after a peaceful d...
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Letter from the editor: Authorities might be silent, but we still seek detailsAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - Early in the morning on Saturday, June 27, something dramatic happened at a house on Picton Road in Roselle. More than a month later, we still don't know much about what...
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U.S. economy needs that CARES unemployment bumpJul 31, 2020 1:00 am - The harm being done to the U.S. economy by COVID-19 is substantial and pervasive. As it stands today, the unemployment rate remains above 11 percent, better than a month...
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Congress must act to help Illinois fight COVID-19 crisisJul 31, 2020 1:00 am - COVID-19 is spreading like wildfire through the nation's nursing homes. Already, more than 56,000 residents and staff of nursing homes and other long-term care facilitie...
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Schools' pandemic timeline - uncertainty and constant changeJul 30, 2020 1:00 am - As a superintendent who, in my career, has also held positions at the State Board of Education and the Illinois Department of Public Health, I know officials in those ag...
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When mob mentality and moral suasion meet the marketsJul 30, 2020 1:00 am - A wave of hasty firings is sweeping across the country, driven by demands from what some call the "cancel culture." The New York Times editorial page editor James Bennet...
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The ball is in Biden's court for NovemberJul 21, 2020 1:00 am - By now, Republican officeholders are daily and in ever-increasing numbers coming up with reasons why they will be unable to attend the late-August GOP convention in Jack...
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Federal leaders must do their homework on sending kids back to schoolJul 21, 2020 1:00 am - As I lie here on oxygen watching the number of COVID cases in most states rise to record-breaking levels, I am baffled by the decision of our federal leaders to send our...
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Trump opponents have assumed his worst traitsJul 19, 2020 1:00 am - You could say it's all Donald Trump's fault. His bad qualities - his carelessness about facts, his obstinance about admitting error, his contempt for others' views - hav...
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White privilege, black lives and the lessons of a protestJul 19, 2020 1:00 am - Recently, I participated in a protest in Mount Greenwood, Illinois. Black, brown and white people marched in the street, shouting "Black Lives Matter" and "George Floyd"...