Articles filed under Commentary
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Trump unbeatable? Hold that thought a momentMar 07, 2017 12:00 am - Donald Trump may be the most disliked American president ever - certainly since the days of Richard Nixon (unless you're a Republican, then the most disliked President l...
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Chicago history full of immigrant success storiesMar 06, 2017 12:00 am - Personally, I've always found the transitory waves of immigration phobia that have come and gone over the decades as puzzling, or at least odd, considering our country's...
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Don't stiff the State DepartmentMar 05, 2017 12:00 am - The first time I met Gen. David Petraeus, he said something that surprised me. It was the early days of the Iraq War and, while things were not going well, he had direct...
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Solutions to America's security begin with questionsMar 05, 2017 12:00 am - The White House is going to get more and more "interesting" as more and more things stand to almost certainly go awry, and probably a-wrong. With Steve Bannon and his "c...
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Looking hard for 'Straight from the Source' essaysMar 04, 2017 1:00 pm - I said it in a joking manner, just in case my genius idea laid an egg. "Hey, we could put a 'Straight from the Source' label on the co-working story," I proclaimed, refe...
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Budget ambiguity has unambiguous consequencesMar 03, 2017 12:00 am - It's easy to understand why politicians take ambiguous positions: wiggle room. Avoiding specifics allows elected officials to champion causes that resonate with the publ...
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Speaking of Planned ParenthoodMar 03, 2017 12:00 am - Dozens of women in Congress wore suffragist white Tuesday night for President Donald Trump's first address to a joint session. You know this had to annoy him, all those ...
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Optimism in Trump's AmericaMar 02, 2017 12:00 am - President Trump's job approval rating, 44 percent with a 48 percent disapproval rating in a new Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll, makes him "the first president of the ...
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Truman's Cheshire smile averted again (almost)Mar 02, 2017 12:00 am - The grinning visage of President Harry Truman gleefully hoisting a copy of the Chicago Tribune with the banner headline "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN" haunts the nightmares of e...
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AFSCME threatens strike against illinois taxpayersMar 01, 2017 12:00 am - Gov. Rauner has signed labor agreements with 20 unions. But offered similar, common-sense proposals like overtime eligibility after 40 hours instead of 37.5, AFSCME, the...