Articles filed under Commentary
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Winning Amazon is good, this is betterNov 13, 2017 12:00 am - Think fast. How many jobs have left our state as companies have moved out over the last 24 years? How many jobs have we gained as companies moved in? Here are your optio...
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Strongmen have a new playbook for consolidating powerNov 12, 2017 12:00 am - The news out of Saudi Arabia has been startling. A country famous for its stability to the point of stagnation is watching a 32-year-old crown prince arrest his relative...
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Martire: Lessons of history don't speak well for supply-side tax reformNov 10, 2017 12:00 am - To stimulate the U.S. economy to "levels you haven't seen in many years," President Trump pushed Congress to cut federal income taxes, for most folks in general, but pre...
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'Diversity lottery' at the core of self-radicalized immigrantsNov 10, 2017 12:00 am - Following the terrible killings on the streets of New York on Halloween, analysts were busy exploring theories about the "radicalization" of the Uzbek murderer from Tash...
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Slusher: Stories that appeal to our fears also need perspectiveNov 09, 2017 12:00 am - The tip came into reporter Eric Peterson shortly before 11:45 a.m. Tuesday. Someone had heard of a SWAT team at work in Schaumburg and there were reports of a weapon. Wi...
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Mueller does what special prosecutors doNov 09, 2017 12:00 am - Do you think Tony Podesta, the longtime Washington Democratic lobbyist, fixer and brother of Hillary Clinton campaign manager John Podesta, colluded with Russia to allow...
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After year of Trump, Democrats facd their own profound crisisNov 08, 2017 12:00 am - Political commentators are supposed to be somewhat objective and analytical when it comes to tracking trends. In that spirit, I find the polling snapshot of President Do...
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A quarter-century of ClintonsNov 07, 2017 12:00 am - By Kathleen Parker Twenty-five years ago on Nov. 3, 1992, William Jefferson Clinton was elected president of the United States - and Hillary Clinton is still trying to t...
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Republicans have alternatives to Gov. Rauner to considerNov 07, 2017 12:00 am - And now it's November. Fortunately for Illinois Republicans, it's an odd-numbered year. There is no election this month. The next two even-numbered years will be electio...
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Castro: Time for Ethics Commission to get serious about sexual harassment in SpringfieldNov 06, 2017 1:00 am - Once again, the state legislature has allowed a problem to fester until it's a full-blown emergency and a public spectacle. I'm referring, of course, to the sexual haras...