Articles filed under Commentary
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Trump's long march problemApr 20, 2017 1:00 am - A new president needs to staff his administration with people who will be loyal to him. Donald Trump's problem is that he does not have enough loyalists to staff the Whi...
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Worse than racistsApr 19, 2017 1:00 am - As a group, black Americans have made the greatest gains - over some of the highest hurdles and in a very short span of time - of any racial group in mankind's history. ...
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Trump's hard-hearted budget weakens American powerApr 19, 2017 1:00 am - There was an unseemly glee on the part of some Trump supporters in the use of the MOAB - Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb - against a target in Afghanistan. A powerful na...
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Know your enemyApr 18, 2017 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer So, Donald J. Trump has now exercised his powers as commander in chief, sending Tomahawk missiles to destroy parts of the al-Shayrat air base used ...
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A case for preventing children's scraped kneesApr 18, 2017 1:00 am - When not furrowing their collective brows about crèches and displays of the Ten Commandments here and there, courts often are pondering tangential contacts between the g...
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Low-rent for big bucksApr 16, 2017 1:00 am - Despite recent revelations that Fox News and anchor Bill O'Reilly had settled five complaints of sexual harassment against him to the tune of millions - his ratings went...
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How to avoid Trump Derangement SyndromeApr 16, 2017 1:00 am - I didn't really believe that there was such a thing as Trump Derangement Syndrome - hatred of Donald Trump so intense that it impairs people's judgment. It's not that I ...
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Davis: News 'fun' ranges from serious to sillyApr 15, 2017 2:00 pm - A funny thing happened on the way to writing this column. I confused "fun" with "funny." I thought it would be fun to pass along a couple of funny Facebook posts to show...
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The mistake of tying fund approval to property tax freezeApr 14, 2017 1:00 am - Last week, Gov. Rauner shot down another proposal to fund public services in the current fiscal year. Sponsored by state Rep. Greg Harris, a Chicago Democrat, the initia...
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Sean Spicer's regret is not enoughApr 14, 2017 1:00 am - It started in 1939. Nazi Germany launched its euthanasia program, using poison gas to kill people whose only crime was to be mentally ill or physically disabled. They we...