Articles filed under Commentary
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Pence pushes imaginary, corrupt narrativeJul 20, 2016 11:00 pm - On a national convention stage that includes the kettledrum personalities of Sen. Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is more in the snare or bongo catego...
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Compliant in Cleveland on tradeJul 20, 2016 1:00 am - CLEVELAND - With precious little attention, the Republican Party's attitude toward international trade has officially shifted. Gone is the 2012 platform's strong endorse...
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Pining for ObamaJul 20, 2016 1:00 am - By Richard Cohen Calvin Trillin, the Mark Twain of our times, once wrote that sooner or later in a new administration, he starts to miss the preceding one. I know precis...
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Harvard study: as Trump won, media coverage turned sharply negativeJul 19, 2016 1:00 am - A new report from Harvard University says press coverage of Donald Trump's presidential campaign became progressively more negative as Trump built a lead in the Republic...
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Who will keep us safe?Jul 19, 2016 1:00 am - By Kathleen Parker Nice, France. Of all places. But of course a terrorist in love with death would choose one of the world's most beautiful coastal cities to mow down i...
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Two crises lawmakers still haven't addressedJul 18, 2016 1:00 am - The bad news keeps pouring in for Illinois. Our state's credit rating was just downgraded once again by two major rating agencies. The bonds our state issues to pay for ...
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GOP minds are at sea -- but not the right oneJul 17, 2016 1:00 am - By George F. Will Neither the unanimous decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, nor China's rejection of it, was surprising. The timing of it was, ...
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GOP minds are at sea -- but not the right oneJul 17, 2016 1:00 am - By George F. Will Neither the unanimous decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, nor China's rejection of it, was surprising. The timing of it was, ...
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It's never too late to join our favorite letters sweepstakesJul 16, 2016 2:00 pm - The year's halfway point seems a good time to remind everyone of an annual event of huge consequence: Favorite letters to the editor. For the past three years, Jim Slush...
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This education-funding panel might just fool the skepticsJul 15, 2016 1:00 am - This week, Gov. Bruce Rauner announced a new, bipartisan commission charged with, drum roll please, creating a new school funding formula. This being Illinois, much of t...