Articles filed under Commentary
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Trump's above the Twitter lawJun 04, 2020 1:00 am - In January 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump bragged that his supporters were so loyal that he "could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I would...
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Just take your feet off their necksJun 03, 2020 1:00 am - Almost 200 years ago, Sarah Grimké, an anti-slavery and feminist activist said: "I ask no favors ... I surrender not our claim to equality. All I ask of our brethren is ...
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What leadership meansJun 03, 2020 1:00 am - History can be cruel. The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., who was unquestionably America's most prominent prophet and practitioner of nonviolence, was followed ...
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In a word, dishonorJun 03, 2020 1:00 am - The actions of the Minneapolis police officers involved in the tragic death of George Floyd last week have been met with righteous outrage throughout the country. Police...
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A police witness to protests: Conflict persists between tension, dutyJun 02, 2020 1:00 am - As a senior in college at San Jose State, I began my policing career in January of 1967. I graduated with my bachelor's degree and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant i...
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America: A nation of two societiesJun 02, 2020 1:00 am - As I reflect on current events unfolding in cities across America, following the inhumane murder of George Floyd, an unarmed, nonresistant African American male, suspect...
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State budget does not include pay raise for lawmakersMay 31, 2020 1:00 am - In such stressful and confusing times, people need to hear the straight truth from our elected leaders - so both Republicans and Democrats should acknowledge the fact th...
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Legislator pay raise illustrates Illinois Democrats' contempt for taxpayersMay 31, 2020 1:00 am - In the dead of night on Memorial Day weekend, Illinois Democrats rammed through the House and Senate a state budget so wildly irresponsible it's hard to put into words. ...
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In response to pandemic, we're learning how interdependence, freedom are linkedMay 29, 2020 1:00 am - Since before the founding of our republic, Americans have had deep and conflicting arguments about what freedom actually looks like. In spite of those differences of opi...
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Jeff Sessions, a wild Senate race and Trump's 'personal feelings'May 28, 2020 11:00 pm - Jeff Sessions is in a surreal place. He spent 20 years as a senator from Alabama, followed by 21 months as U.S. Attorney General, and now he is in a tightly competitive ...