Articles filed under Commentary
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This approach to school funding reform is fair to allJun 28, 2017 1:00 am - Ensuring every student in Illinois has the resources they need to receive a quality education is the greatest investment we can make. That is why Senate Republicans hav...
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Were Confederate generals traitors?Jun 28, 2017 1:00 am - My "Rewriting American History" column of a fortnight ago, about the dismantling of Confederate monuments, generated considerable mail. Some argued there should not be s...
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A brave new world none of us can seeJun 27, 2017 1:00 am - Much analysis of Yuval Harari's brilliant new book "Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow" focuses on the harrowing dystopia he anticipates. In this vision, a small, ge...
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President Jujitsu and the art of the bluffJun 27, 2017 1:00 am - By Kathleen Parker Five months into Donald Trump's administration, only the unwise doubt the president's intelligence. Just ask former FBI Director James Comey, who, in...
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Legislature should freeze property taxes during special sessionJun 26, 2017 1:00 am - The Illinois legislature failed to send a property tax freeze of any kind to Gov. Bruce Rauner's desk during its regular spring session, which ended May 31. Neither cham...
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Trump's embrace of strongmen betrays an American idealJun 25, 2017 1:00 am - By Michael Gerson In 1983, President Ronald Reagan delivered his "Evil Empire" speech, which immediately offended Soviet leaders and the foreign policy establishment. (R...
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Woodridge's wild week, St. Charles' sticky problemJun 24, 2017 2:00 pm - Talk about an up-and-down week for Woodridge. First came news that Sam's Club employees were told the store will be closing by the end of the month, with about 140 losin...
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The future has arrivedJun 23, 2017 1:00 am - Just about everybody in Washington can agree on at least one thing: Partisan rancor is rising, while decency and civility in public life are declining. One key reason fo...
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Run, woman, runJun 23, 2017 1:00 am - After Hillary Clinton lost the presidential race, there were a few days there when it looked as if a lot of women would be done with politics. If we couldn't elect the m...
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Slusher: Alexandria and the 'hope nots' of a tragic storyJun 22, 2017 1:00 am - It is a commentary on our times that the moment we hear of an outrage like the shootings in Alexandria, Virginia, last week, one of our first thoughts is, "I hope it's n...