Articles filed under Commentary
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Slusher: The Emanuel Nine and the shortening of small fantasiesJul 16, 2015 1:00 am - We use the name of a man who killed nine people in a church once because we have to. He is a person and has a face and its image is spread across the vast realm of the I...
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Proposed: A meeting to stop the bleeding in ChicagoJul 16, 2015 1:00 am - Englewood, Gresham, West Lawndale, Humboldt Park, South Chicago. Where have I heard those neighborhood names before? Oh yes, I do remember some of them. I was born and r...
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The blunt language of historyJul 15, 2015 1:00 am - Georgia seceded from the Union in January 1861, and spelled out the reasons with a statement that's 3,318 words long, including 35 references to "slave" and "slavery." S...
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County can keep improving without harmful sales taxJul 14, 2015 1:00 am - We've had this debate before, and my opinion hasn't changed since our last go-round under Todd Stroger with raising the sales tax on the hardworking taxpayers of Cook Co...
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Defrauding the nation's poorJul 14, 2015 1:00 am - In that portion of the presidential field that does not view self-government as a stage for self-promotion, prejudice and blithering ignorance, one of the more encouragi...
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Obama plays the lottery in the Middle EastJul 13, 2015 11:00 pm - As the world and the U.S. Congress examine the Iran deal's fine print, the strategic large print is clear enough. "Obama wants this [deal] as a centerpiece of his legacy...
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Effort to stop 'trolls' could also hurt patentsJul 13, 2015 1:00 am - Nearly 30,000 Illinois residents are helping develop new treatments for the nation's most serious diseases. How? By volunteering for the 1,700 clinical trials under way ...
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Davis: Bedbugs, bowling, quilting among our highlightsJul 12, 2015 1:00 am - Stories of the week, quirky, offbeat edition. Quilting for a cause: Surely the sweetest story of the week was news that the Sun City-Huntley Sew 'n Sews (great name...
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A new day in South CarolinaJul 12, 2015 1:00 am - The past may not be past, as William Faulkner once put it. But it sure seems to be leaving. As I watched the broadcast of the Confederate battle flag being brought down ...
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'Pro-business' reforms don't live up to their nameJul 10, 2015 1:00 am - According to every media account, Gov. Rauner won't entertain proposals to raise adequate tax revenue to fund core services, until the Democrat-controlled legislature ac...