Articles filed under Commentary
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Guest columnist Martin McLaughlin: Illinois needs a business climate changeJun 07, 2023 1:00 am - Illinois may be located in the Midwest, but it is home to a surprising and alarming number of deserts. At least that is what the Democrats like to tell us. Healthcare de...
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Guest columnist Wade Keats: The cost of doing business in Illinois has reached critical massJun 07, 2023 1:00 am - As co-chairman of Keats Manufacturing in Wheeling, I am proud to continue my family's legacy of providing high-quality custom metal stampings, wire forms and assemblies ...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Resist dangerous political theater and look to 'that which is not seen'Jun 06, 2023 1:00 am - Too many politicians are thespians. When there's a conflict - as there often is - between appearing to solve problems and actually helping to solve those problems, polit...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: The Republican candidate who gets resultsJun 06, 2023 1:00 am - By Michael Barone The Wollman Rink episode, or, rather, the unduly optimistic conclusion I drew from it, explains a lot about Donald Trump's presidency and why he may n...
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Guest columnist Maureen Dunne: Community colleges, neurodiversity and the workplace of tomorrowJun 05, 2023 1:00 am - I am proud to say that I am a product of the Illinois Community College System and just as proud to declare that my experience as a community college student was the mos...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: She got murdered. Why did she do it?Jun 04, 2023 1:00 am - She was killed in the bay of a car wash in the city where I live. The guy the cops say is on video stabbing and shooting her has entered a plea of "not guilty." It's a p...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Crime in My NeighborhoodJun 04, 2023 1:00 am - My neighborhood is full of broken windows. That's a term of art in policing to describe the disorder that breeds more disorder. It includes homelessness and graffiti, qu...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: The COVID blame game lives onJun 02, 2023 1:00 am - Last year, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul admitted it was a "mistake" for the Empire State to "have all the kids go home and learn remotely." To her credit, Hochul recognize...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Biden's age paid off in negotiations to end debt-limit crisisJun 01, 2023 1:00 am - Ain't no way to run a railroad, Congress, facing a debt-limit crisis. The United States Treasury came close to going over the edge of default -- and danger lingers if Co...
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Columnist Jim Slusher: Ceilings, sausages and the pain of watchingMay 31, 2023 11:00 pm - Talk about sausage making. Some ongoing news stories are just miserably painful to follow. I'm not talking about those that involve death or personal hardship. Those at ...