Articles filed under Commentary
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A gunman shoots and we in politics become a familyJun 16, 2017 1:00 am - As the wife of a U.S. senator, I work hard to keep separate my marriage and my career as a newspaper columnist. Normally, I mention my husband, Sherrod Brown, only when ...
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A realistic optimistJun 15, 2017 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - This beautiful white city has gotten a bad name in recent years. Republicans and Democrats in Congress cooperate about as well as tigers and bunny rabbits. ...
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Cabinet showers 'Dear Leader' with praiseJun 15, 2017 1:00 am - By Gene Lyons If you've been wondering what "loyalty" means to President Trump, his most recent Cabinet meeting provides an illustration. Hint: It doesn't necessarily in...
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Rewriting American historyJun 14, 2017 1:00 am - George Orwell said, "The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history." In the former USSR, censorship, rewrit...
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Five notes on Trump's current predicamentJun 14, 2017 1:00 am - The danger President Trump faces from the various investigations into the Trump-Russia matter has changed dramatically in recent weeks. If you're a Republican and you st...
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Does it matter what Bernie Sanders thinks of your view on salvation?Jun 13, 2017 1:00 am - By Michael Gerson It is apparently not enough for some of the liberal minded to help those on Medicare and Social Security; now people must be guaranteed eligibility for...
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School funding bill is true, fair reformJun 12, 2017 1:00 am - In the few cases where I've disagreed with the Daily Herald's editorial opinions, I've done so understanding the arguments made and the clear reasoning behind them. In t...
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Change on immigration begins with attitudesJun 11, 2017 1:00 am - Whenever there's a world crisis, at some point there also comes a breaking point - after which the drama is never acted out quite the same way. The Battle of Midway was ...
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The Quarry men? How the Sox almost played in ElmhurstJun 10, 2017 2:00 pm - Buoyed by the knowledge that when excess rainwater pours into the massive Elmhurst Quarry, people drive there and stare at the flow through a fence, DuPage County plans ...
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Congress needs to reassert itself on use of forceJun 09, 2017 1:00 am - The Trump Administration, like its predecessors, has shown an apparent appetite for the use of force overseas. The "mother of all bombs" dropped on Syrian troops, saber-...