Articles filed under Commentary
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Motherhood great training ground for government leadersMay 14, 2017 1:00 am - A letter to mothers: On this Mother's Day, give yourself a gift. Give yourself the permission to see yourself through a leadership lens. As a mother, you truly are an i...
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Walsh: Don't give Trump a pass when he's wrong - and he's wrong on ComeyMay 12, 2017 1:00 am - I'm a Donald Trump supporter. I voted for him and - 112 days in - I'd vote for him again. As a former member of Congress, I found his call to "drain the swamp" in Washin...
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#RussiaMay 12, 2017 1:00 am - The Trump administration is foundering at breakneck speed these days, and it can feel overwhelming just trying to keep up. #Russia As I write this, less than 24 hours ha...
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Democrats must be inclusive on issue of abortionMay 12, 2017 1:00 am - "Thank God for the Catholic nuns," says Rep. Nancy Pelosi. In an interview with The Washington Post, the House Democratic leader stressed that many nuns are strong supp...
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Spending bill, not Obamacare, reveals deep GOP divisionMay 11, 2017 1:00 am - If you want to see what divides Republicans in Congress, don't look at the struggle to repeal and replace Obamacare. Look at spending. The House's narrow passage of a pa...
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Slusher: Get 'wonky' to help shape your quality of lifeMay 10, 2017 11:00 pm - One of the worst criticisms you can lay on a news story - or commentary, for that matter - is to call it wonky. A "wonk" is a generally pejorative term used to describe ...
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What do leftists celebrate?May 10, 2017 1:00 am - May Day celebrations were held all across the fruited plain, with leftist radicals and unionists worshipping the ideals of communism. Communism is an ideology calling fo...
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Loss of moral leadership is root of Venezuela's painMay 09, 2017 1:00 am - For those of us correspondents who covered it for many years, it's hard today to remember when Venezuela was the democratic hope of Latin America. From the time the grea...
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For Trump, it's all about winningMay 09, 2017 1:00 am - Actors Charlie Sheen and Donald Trump are like twins separated at birth. Both became rich and famous - by hook in one case and by whatever in the other - each to his own...
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Psychiatric hospital would address an unmet needMay 08, 2017 1:00 am - YIMBY - Yes In My Backyard - made a rare appearance at a zoning commission hearing in Vernon Hills recently. A standing-room-only crowd packed into the meeting room, whi...