Articles filed under Commentary
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Our vulgarized culture corrupts us allNov 02, 2018 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer Why is it, each time I think about this ugly season of violence in America, that certain words and phrases keep popping into my head? "Nobody's gui...
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Finally, a day of reckoning for Michael Avenatti?Nov 01, 2018 1:00 am - By Byron York Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for porn star Stormy Daniels and a 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, jumped into the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirm...
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Fragility of decency is on display in politics of our dayOct 30, 2018 1:00 am - Americans like to think of the military defeat of Nazi Germany and the liberation of death camps as their answer to the most murderous outbreak of anti-Semitism in histo...
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We need bipartisan action on climate changeOct 30, 2018 1:00 am - By Susan Hurley Guest columnist For working families in Illinois, there's a lot a stake in this election. The fate of our families, our future and our values are on the ...
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Red Ribbon Week and fighting addictionOct 28, 2018 1:00 am - By Thomas Britton Guest columnist Seventy thousand Americans died from a drug overdose last year. In fact, if you are under the age of 50, it's the leading cause of deat...
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U.S. security rooted in help for neighborsOct 26, 2018 1:00 am - From Honduras and Guatemala they came. Marching and staggering through the rain and heat and sometimes swimming across the tropical rivers of southern Mexico. Faces stoi...
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GOP owns the point where culture, politics meetOct 26, 2018 1:00 am - For those who believe that Donald Trump is a clownish know-nothing who somehow tapped into the mood of the electorate or just got lucky in 2016, the last month has been ...
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Now's the time for GOP women to step upOct 25, 2018 1:00 am - Slowly but inevitably, the two major political parties have become the party of women and the party of men - guess which is which - so that the 2018 midterms are shaping...
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Nunes-led Russia investigation has been invaluable, unexpectedOct 25, 2018 1:00 am - Republicans on Capitol Hill have added enormously to the public's understanding of what happened in the Trump-Russia investigation. They're still doing it. But it will c...
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U.S. has special responsibility to stand up for human rightsOct 24, 2018 1:00 am - It is probably apocryphal, but President Franklin Roosevelt reportedly noted that a particular South American dictator was a sonofabitch, but "he's our sonofabitch." Tha...