Articles filed under Commentary
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Boris Johnson will accelerate the decline of EuropeJul 30, 2019 1:00 am - Britain has a new prime minister, and Donald Trump approves. "He's tough and he's smart," Trump said of Boris Johnson. "They call him 'Britain Trump.' And people are sa...
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Law gives forest preserve presidents too much powerJul 29, 2019 1:00 am - On June 11, Lake County Forest Preserve President Angelo Kyle unilaterally canceled the 27-year tradition of Civil War Days hosted at the Lakewood Forest Preserve in Wau...
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A waste of Mueller's timeJul 28, 2019 1:00 am - The picture that spoke far more words than former special counsel Robert Mueller uttered during last week's hearings was taken by renowned photographer David Hume Kenner...
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Let's not just focus on elections, but on how we electJul 28, 2019 1:00 am - A few years ago, I was at a polling place here in Indiana where a long line of people stood waiting to vote. A woman recognized me and called me over. "Why is it," she a...
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Signs of hope for wrongfully held people with mental illnessJul 26, 2019 1:00 am - As of July 1, our region is within reach of a pragmatic solution to a major social problem - the overuse of emergency rooms as the default destination of those with ment...
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Can Al Franken be rehabilitated?Jul 26, 2019 1:00 am - By Byron York Al Franken, the Minnesota Democrat and former "Saturday Night Live" star forced out of the Senate in late 2017 by #MeToo allegations, is back in the news. ...
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Slusher: To grow, we all need to challenge our ideasJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - One of the frustrations of my job as editor of Opinion in the Daily Herald is the presumption some readers make about our motives when we publish expressions of opinion ...
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The cancerous consensus in today's politicized WashingtonJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - You often hear that in these polarized times, Republicans and Democrats are deadlocked on almost everything. But the real scandal is what both sides agree on. The best e...
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Gender still plays too big a role in setting salariesJul 24, 2019 1:00 am - Today, American women make up nearly half the workforce, receive their college and graduate degrees at a greater rate than men and are often the sole or co-breadwinners ...
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Tweet storm about 'Squad' just his latest smokescreenJul 23, 2019 1:00 am - Don't breathe a word, but President Donald Trump is up to something. His insulting, too-dumb-to-fail comments about four freshmen female members of Congress have the ci...