Articles filed under Commentary
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Zakaeria: EU is great idea gone awryJan 20, 2019 12:00 am - By FAREED ZAKARIA NEW YORK - As we watch Britain going through the paroxysms relating to Brexit, it is easy to view its decision to leave the European Union as an act of...
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Parker: House balances between brash new energy and veteran PelosiJan 20, 2019 12:00 am - By KATHLEEN PARKER WASHINGTON - As the new freshman class of congressional women bopped, hopped and doo-wopped into town, old sourpusses smirked - they'll meet reality s...
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Trump building 2020 campaign on the wallJan 17, 2019 12:00 am - President Trump's political strategy is completely clear: use his persistent promotion of a border wall to energize his core supporters. His campaign manager, Brad Parsc...
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Pritzker making big promises but not discussing impact on taxpayersJan 17, 2019 12:00 am - It didn't take long for Gov. J.B. Pritzker to up the ante on state spending. At his first official news conference Tuesday, Illinois' new governor announced he was reins...
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Commentary: Here's what Eddie Lampert should do with Sears nowJan 16, 2019 12:00 am - Sears Holdings Corp. will stay out of the retailing graveyard for a bit longer. Eddie Lampert, the company's chairman and major shareholder, prevailed in a bankruptcy au...
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Democrats want 'technological wall' that won't keep anybody outJan 16, 2019 12:00 am - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border would be "immoral." Instead, she favors something she calls a "technological wall." Another top House De...
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What did they do with Lindsey Graham?Jan 16, 2019 12:00 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. - If loyalty only goes so far, Sen. Lindsey Graham's goes every which way - depending on the day, week, month - or proximity to Election Day. One day, he...
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Racist commments should offend GOP regardless of who makes themJan 15, 2019 12:00 am - What happens when immense bigotry gets lodged in a small mind? Rep. Steve King, Republican of Iowa, is what happens. In a recent interview with The New York Times, King...
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The Burke case and the need for property tax reform in IllinoisJan 14, 2019 12:00 am - Ever since I was a young boy, I have remembered my father waiting for that fateful day when we would receive our new Cook County property tax assessment for our small bu...
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It's time for Congress to curb the powers of the presidentJan 13, 2019 12:00 am - Watching the struggle over funding for a border wall, I am struck by the way in which, in one sense, Donald Trump has already achieved success. He has been able to conju...