Articles filed under Commentary
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For Trump critics, to follow is to leadJul 14, 2017 1:00 am - President Trump's performance at the G-20 summit in Germany produced a wave of commentary claiming the United States has abdicated its role as world leader. ABC News con...
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A father's claim that is hard to believeJul 14, 2017 1:00 am - My son works at a coffee shop. If he were to make $100 in tips one day, I'm sure I'd hear about it. He'd find the time at some point to say, "Hey Dad, crazy thing. I mad...
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Here's an idea: Count your American blessingsJul 14, 2017 1:00 am - During this holiday season, I urge you to take some time away from your busy schedule to contemplate how lucky you are to live in this country. More than 200 years ago, ...
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Trump And Putin: Pictures worth a thousand wordsJul 13, 2017 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer As we think back on the G-20 summit of world leaders in Hamburg, we recall everyone speculating as to whether presidents Trump and Putin "liked" ea...
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When will property tax spriral end?Jul 13, 2017 1:00 am - Just got the biannual heart attack notice in the mail. And yes, the property taxes went up again - a lot. When will it end? And as if that was not enough, Toni Preckwink...
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Fraud commission will protect rule of lawJul 13, 2017 1:00 am - In response to the Daily Herald editorial "Resisting a brutish assault on voter privacy": The most valuable asset on the planet Earth is the right to vote in this great...
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Trump tweets suggest mental instabilityJul 13, 2017 1:00 am - For a long time now, I have wondered about the mental health and stability of our president, Donald Trump. With his recent "tweet" about the hosts of "Morning Joe," ther...
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The Illinois tax traditionJul 13, 2017 1:00 am - Tax, spend and borrow. That is the mantra of the Illinois General Assembly. They must have missed the simple math of grade school. When you have $32 billion to spend, y...
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Slusher: As times change, technology standards even more importantJul 13, 2017 1:00 am - We had a problem online with a picture of Haley Reinhart this week. I'll get to it in a moment, but first a relevant trip back to a small-town newsroom in 1978. It was a...
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Trump's powerful, overlooked words in PolandJul 12, 2017 1:00 am - Many American journalists and others correctly objected to President Trump's lambasting of the U.S. media in his speech Thursday in Poland, noting that his words were da...