Articles filed under Commentary
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Illinois Millennials deserve a better deal than Social SecurityAug 12, 2016 1:00 am - For the 27.6 percent of Illinoisans who are Millennials, politics probably looks pretty bleak this year. No wonder: Both parties are actively trying to ruin our futures....
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Slusher: On this, the Trump watchers have gone too farAug 11, 2016 1:00 am - I am a strong believer in free speech, and I am not easily offended by words or ideas, especially from nationally syndicated pundits. But I spiked a syndicated column th...
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My Trump addictionAug 10, 2016 1:00 am - PARIS - I awake to brilliant sunshine. It is a glorious day here on the Left Bank, a short walk from the storied cafe Les Deux Magots where I'm told Hemingway has preced...
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Will Donald last all the way to the election?Aug 10, 2016 1:00 am - By Gene Lyons The question isn't so much if Donald Trump can win the election as whether or not he'll still be the GOP candidate come November. Nobody can predict what m...
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Clinton's 'short-circuited' apologyAug 09, 2016 1:00 am - One of the most unintentionally revealing moments of Hillary Clinton's campaign so far came during her recent, unconvincing explanation of the email affair: "I may have ...
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Join effort to change Illinois politicsAug 09, 2016 1:00 am - Last spring, we co-authored a call to action for voters in Illinois to engage in legislative redistricting reform by signing a petition to put the Independent Map Amendm...
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Day of reckoning is coming for IllinoisAug 08, 2016 1:00 am - If you're still in shock from that recent property tax bill you had to pay, prepare yourself. There's plenty more coming in January. No, not your December credit card bi...
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A cure worse than the diseaseAug 07, 2016 1:00 am - By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts One of the most important political events of the summer took place in a federal courtroom in Virginia last month. There, a three-...
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Summer interns inspire hope for future of journalismAug 06, 2016 2:00 pm - I loved the photo selected for our weekly "Perspective" in one of the July 10 Neighbor sections of our print editions. It was a terrific shot of a participant in Chicag...
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The center is missingAug 05, 2016 1:00 am - Many years ago, when Chile was deep into one of Latin America's most profound conflicts between democracy and communism, I became friends with - and was filled with admi...