Articles filed under Commentary
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Compromise is the essence of our democracyJun 07, 2019 1:00 am - You may not be ready for next year's elections, but in political time, they're coming up fast. Even politicians who aren't running for president are crafting their stump...
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Law enforcement, media have changed standards for TrumpJun 06, 2019 1:00 am - One of the more unfortunate effects of the Trump-Russia investigation - and there have been many - is the weakening of traditional standards of argument and proof in the...
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Slusher: Luck, courage and 'a sense of the time': Another early-June anniversary to commemorateJun 06, 2019 1:00 am - We talk today of wars gone by. Yesterday's news. These are days to remember debts to the past. We have just left behind the cemeteries of Memorial Day. As our editorial ...
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Credit reporting agencies must pay the price for their breachesJun 05, 2019 1:00 am - "My life has been a complete nightmare, for I have been denied credit, turned down (for) employment and unable to provide adequate shelter for me and my sons." These are...
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Colleges committed to ideological diversityJun 05, 2019 1:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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The snowballing climate science Jefferson would have understoodJun 04, 2019 1:00 am - When you enter the National Climatic Data Center in Ashville, North Carolina, you find a ledger in a glass case that contains carefully gathered climate records from 18t...
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The crises are over, but the fury remainsJun 02, 2019 1:00 am - Last week's election results for the European Parliament were mixed, which meant that every side could claim a victory of sorts. Right-wing populists did gain ground, bu...
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Future of tolerant, free India is at riskJun 02, 2019 1:00 am - In the recent national elections in India, the Hindu nationalist party BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi won with a massive landslide for a second five-year term. Thi...
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Mitch McConnell, court packerMay 31, 2019 1:00 am - By E.J. Dionne Jr. Permit me a question to every truly fair-minded person in our country. Imagine that one party packs the Supreme Court with ideologues and the other pa...
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The graduated income tax and property tax reformMay 31, 2019 1:00 am - After years of false starts and unfulfilled promises, structural tax reform is gathering real momentum in Springfield. With strong leadership from Gov. J.B. Pritzker, t...