Articles filed under Commentary
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Please don't judge me for writing about Ribfest againJul 02, 2016 2:00 pm - An inside look at the excruciating thought that goes into the making of this column: So, a few weeks ago, one of our marketing people asked if I could serve as a judge a...
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Butterfly wings that didn't flutterJul 02, 2016 1:00 am - By Richard Cohen What shall we call the butterfly? The butterfly I have in mind is the one that illustrates chaos theory: It flutters its diaphanous wings, stirring the...
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Suffocating in fact-free cocoonsJul 01, 2016 1:00 am - By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin were operating in a "fact-free cocoon" of partisan prejudice when they claimed that voter fraud ...
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Double trouble for TrumpJun 30, 2016 1:00 am - By Kathleen Parker Watching Hillary Clinton beaming sidewise on stage as Elizabeth Warren taunted Donald Trump brought the Wrigley twin ditty to mind: Double your ple...
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Setting the record straight on education fundingJun 28, 2016 1:00 am - We were not surprised when we saw Gov. Rauner's editorial on June 22, once again admonishing Democrats for trying to fix a broken and outdated education funding system t...
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Slusher: About Wednesday's front-page editorialJun 27, 2016 11:00 pm - On Wednesday, the Daily Herald is doing something we haven't done in more than three decades, if ever. We're publishing our editorial opinion on the front-page of the ne...
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CSI determined to keep promises to studentsJun 27, 2016 1:00 am - For more than 27 years, Computer Systems Institute has been providing quality education at five campuses in the Chicago area and two in Boston. We began as an instituti...
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The Christian right surrenders faith for politicsJun 26, 2016 1:00 am - Oh God - and I mean the entreaty seriously - the Trump/evangelical summit in New York was just as bad as some of us feared. More than 900 conservative Christian leaders...
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Congress must and can pass gun control legislationJun 26, 2016 1:00 am - Once again, a terrorist strikes at the heart of an American community. This time the images of horror come from inside an Orlando nightclub, but we know it could happen...
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What makes a story quintessentially suburban?Jun 25, 2016 2:00 pm - She described it as "a quintessential suburban debate." That seemed an entirely appropriate way for staff writer Marie Wilson to open her story last week about the Naper...