Articles filed under Commentary
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: The recession looms large in the 2024 electionMay 09, 2023 1:00 am - For more than two years now, Republicans have been predicting that President Joe Biden's big-spending policies will crash the U.S. economy into recession. It hasn't happ...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: San Francisco wouldn't be dying with Republicans in chargeMay 09, 2023 1:00 am - I left San Francisco just in time - at the end of 2016. Sure, I saw the occasional junkie shooting up in public when I still worked in the city. And yes, I saw men use t...
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Guest columnists Brian Minsker and Robin Steans: Build on state's Smart Start initiative with commitment to full-day kindergartenMay 08, 2023 11:00 pm - Kindergarten is a pivotal year for young children and families. Serving as the bridge from early childhood into the early elementary years, it provides children with the...
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Guest columnist: Ranked choice voting will prevent wasted votes and secure our electionsMay 07, 2023 1:00 am - Election access and integrity are two of the most important issues facing our democracy, which is why I've supported increased access to early voting and vote by mail, a...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: The Trump surgeMay 07, 2023 1:00 am - By Susan Estrich What does it say about politics today that Donald Trump is surging in the polls? That's right. In the wake of an indictment in New York City, in the mi...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Springtime for Washington: A smorgasbordMay 05, 2023 1:00 am - After the parched seven-year famine of former President Donald Trump and the pandemic, the city let its hair down - or put it up - and donned black tie and party frocks ...
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Columnist Jim Slusher: The news and biting dogsMay 04, 2023 1:00 am - A constant challenge for Daily Herald writers and editors is the need to manage bias in news coverage. I and other editors have written often about our efforts to presen...
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Guest columnist Keith Peterson: Nation's credit at mercy of bare-knuckles politicsMay 04, 2023 1:00 am - Does House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have President Biden right where he wants him? He has managed to pass a bill by a single vote in the House to raise the debt ceiling an...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: How to stop lies begetting liesMay 03, 2023 1:00 am - Lies beget lies. That's one way to summarize nearly the past decade of presidential politics, as well as the potentially dismal presidential race under way. I leave to o...
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Guest columnists Alan Medsker and Angelica Oung: Unfounded fear of 'waste' should not slow our move to nuclear powerMay 03, 2023 1:00 am - We'd like to congratulate the Daily Herald on the recent timely and level-headed editorial in support of nuclear power as a way of helping Illinois decarbonize, gain ene...