Articles filed under Commentary
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Guest View: President Trump's executive order on free speech is all politicsApr 04, 2019 11:00 pm - Last Thursday, President Donald Trump signed his long-promised Executive Order concerning free speech on campus. Entitled "Improving Free Inquiry, Transparency and Accou...
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Columnist Fareed Zakaria says President Trump's encouragement for more legal immigration might be on targetApr 04, 2019 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's threat to close the U.S.-Mexico border has confused even his allies. Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, said it "would be bad for ...
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The irony in #MeToo controversy over Joe Biden's flirtationsApr 04, 2019 1:00 am - CAMDEN, S.C. - At a recent brunch here preceding the Carolina Cup steeplechase race, the host gave me a gift of hometown recognition and, though we are friends, extended...
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The diverse, and tasty, elements that go into election coverageApr 04, 2019 1:00 am - Random thoughts about news coverage as another election season comes to an end: • In 1999, school board and municipal elections were combined, primarily to save the cost...
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Briefly, taxpayers were part of the conversationApr 03, 2019 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois General Assembly are so hellbent on taking more of Illinoisans' hard-earned money, it is refreshing when someone pauses and offers a ...
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Root of crime problem is breakdown of the familyApr 03, 2019 1:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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Administrator-consolidation bill would boost school quality in IllinoisApr 02, 2019 1:00 am - "Our tax bills are too high. If we are truly interested in reducing our property tax responsibility, we really have to start with the school districts," Illinois state R...
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The Mueller report is still an indictmentApr 02, 2019 1:00 am - A thought experiment. Suppose that on March 24 - the day Attorney General William Barr publicly summarized the Mueller report - all of the results of the special counsel...
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Will you participate on Tuesday or accept sitting 'on your blisters'?Apr 01, 2019 1:00 am - Before the dust of the midterm elections settles completely, Illinoisans across the metropolitan area and the state at large are poised to elect their local representati...
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Mueller sent sign after sign on collusion, yet some would not seeMar 31, 2019 1:00 am - By Byron York Many Trump opponents were shocked and disappointed by Trump-Russia special counsel Robert Mueller's conclusion that "the investigation did not establish th...