Articles filed under Commentary
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We're still waiting to know what really went on in Flynn caseDec 06, 2018 12:00 am - By Byron York Michael Flynn has been waiting for more than a year to be sentenced. The retired three-star Army general, who spent 24 days as the Trump White House nation...
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#MeToo's unintended consequencesDec 06, 2018 12:00 am - A recent Bloomberg News headline came as no surprise: "Wall Street Rule for the #MeToo Era: Avoid Women at All Cost." In a word, it was inevitable. Some men are so conc...
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Don't millennials know the evil history of socialism?Dec 05, 2018 10:00 pm - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: © 2018, Creators ...
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Bush's life proves that sometimes things go gloriously rightDec 05, 2018 12:00 am - All the talk about the attributes of this or that generation is usually overblown. But there is an exception when a cohort of young Americans shares a massive, overwhelm...
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'Little guys' get a rare win in Springfield over car sharingDec 04, 2018 12:00 am - The formula for bad economic policy in Illinois is pretty simple. State lawmakers have the power to offer special privileges. Moneyed interests from legacy industries go...
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Political extremes don't tell full story on the borderDec 04, 2018 12:00 am - Not surprisingly, the "riots" along the southern border last week, with hundreds of Central Americans throwing themselves against the "walls" of the United States, have ...
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As Illinois turns 200, it's time to build on state's strengthsDec 03, 2018 12:00 am - Illinois, our home, turns 200 today. We have much to commemorate about the state, which has had a great impact on the world, from industry and statesmanship to education...
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Lies, lies - and dadgum liesDec 02, 2018 12:00 am - Michael Cohen's guilty plea Thursday that he lied to Congress about Donald Trump's interests in building a Moscow tower comes as little surprise - everyone attached to t...
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Are we at 'peak America'?Dec 02, 2018 12:00 am - The G-20 summit in Argentina is taking place at a moment when the United States still stands at the center of the world. The U.S. economy is booming, the dollar is almig...
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Trump has an unethical inner circle because he wants unethical jobs doneNov 30, 2018 12:00 am - President Donald Trump recently tweeted: "Did you ever see an investigation more in search of a crime?" It is usually a bad idea to raise a rhetorical question when the...