Articles filed under Commentary
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Populist policies are leading to a global slumpOct 27, 2019 1:00 am - Nine years ago, beginning in Tunisia, a series of street protests across the Middle East turned the region upside down and became known as the Arab Spring. At times in t...
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Hysteria over pullout can't be taken seriouslyOct 27, 2019 1:00 am - President Donald Trump says he wants to get our troops out of the "blood-stained sand" of the Middle East. Most sane Americans would agree with that goal and hope he's s...
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Immaculate deception: Fair workweek ordinance will punish Chicago's working parentsOct 25, 2019 1:00 am - There were cheers and celebration when the Chicago City Council voted in favor of some of the strictest and most wide-ranging predictive scheduling laws in the country e...
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Facebook shouldn't be political speech policeOct 24, 2019 1:00 am - "We don't fact-check political ads," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a recent speech. "We don't do this to help politicians, but because we think people should be a...
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A major consideration in job valueOct 24, 2019 1:00 am - A headline doesn't have to be on Page 1 to catch your eye. Here's one from Page 16 on Sunday that got mine: "Top economists say the world still needs English majors." Ph...
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U.S. in moral declineOct 23, 2019 1:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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Impeachment comes down to a question of consequencesOct 23, 2019 1:00 am - The impeachment of President Donald Trump has reached an early point of absurdity. Just about everyone in Washington believes that a quid pro quo - in which Trump used ...
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Debates over allowing legal cannabis stores show new law is workingOct 22, 2019 1:00 am - Is democracy a bad thing? As co-authors of the Illinois law legalizing cannabis use on Jan. 1, 2020, I along with Sen. Toi Hutchinson and Reps. Kelly Cassidy and Jehan G...
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Yet again, the truth outedOct 22, 2019 1:00 am - By Kathleen Parker Shakespeare long ago wrote that "truth will out," meaning that what's true - by virtue of its basis in fact and logic - eventually will conquer the li...
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Guest view: Only US can block in China, India oppressionOct 21, 2019 1:00 am - For observers of human rights violations, the news last week of US sanctions against China for its abuses of Uighur Muslims came as a surprise. Uighurs are a Muslim com...