Articles filed under Commentary
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Basic story turns into major lesson on fire safetyDec 05, 2015 1:00 pm - It started as a spot news story and turned into much, much more. Staff writer Lauren Rohr, while working the Sunday night "breaking news" shift, reported on the basics o...
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Time is running out for popular parks programDec 04, 2015 12:00 am - You may not have heard of a small, but vital federal program called the Land and Water Conservation Fund, but if you enjoy clean water, fresh air, healthy lands, vibrant...
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Slusher: Trying to do our job when pols don't do theirsDec 03, 2015 12:00 am - No news, we note in this business, is not good news. That twist on an old maxim is particularly relevant, and on many levels, as it pertains to coverage this week of the...
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Yes, Mr. Trump, hope does happen that wayDec 03, 2015 12:00 am - Donald Trump's offenses against taste, tolerance and truthfulness are coming so fast that it is hard to pick out individual cases. But let's linger on his recent foray i...
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The president who lost his voiceDec 02, 2015 12:00 am - The presidency has changed Barack Obama. His hair has gone gray, which is to be expected, and he looks older, which is also to be expected, but his eloquence has been re...
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The pathology of Trump-itisDec 01, 2015 12:00 am - Surely he's finally gone and done it now. Donald Trump, insulter extraordinaire, was bound to cross a line too far. Two days before Thanksgiving, he made many people fe...
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Immigrants arrive with their pasts intactDec 01, 2015 12:00 am - Until the advent of Donald Trump's presidential candidacy, the word "immigration" tended to mean the controlled and more-or-less legal movement of one people to another ...
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For continued growth in Chicago, pass TPPNov 30, 2015 12:00 am - My small business relies on trade policies that help American companies compete in overseas markets. The Trans-Pacific Partnership will help reduce tariffs and other bar...
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Davis: 'Fuddy Duddy' gives critic a reason to smileNov 28, 2015 1:00 pm - The writer of a letter to the editor that appears on this page takes some pretty good jabs at the Daily Herald in his unsolicited critique of the Saturday, Nov. 21, edit...
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Obamacare troubles a gift to 2016 GOP candidatesNov 27, 2015 12:00 am - There have been many articles in the last year with some variation of the headline "GOP Surrenders on Obamacare." The stories mostly concern a tendency among some Republ...