Articles filed under Commentary
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Illinois DCFS needs transformational change to end its cycle of failureOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - When Marc Smith was appointed director of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services in 2019, the Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board warned that he would be ...
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We have no choice but to work together for peaceOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - Do we really have a choice? Sadly, no. There are no choices. There are no sides. This is not simply a continuation of a "land dispute" that has lasted thousands of year...
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Clarity, passion and restraint in managing Mideast violenceOct 18, 2023 1:00 am - Last week, President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin all gave speeches in the wake of the heinous attack by Hamas aga...
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Civilized world must stand up for peaceful solutionOct 18, 2023 1:00 am - The new war in the Middle East will have no victors or vanquished. This is history repeating itself. At least three times in the past decade, we have seen this situatio...
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Clarity, passion and restraint in managing Mideast violenceOct 18, 2023 1:00 am - Last week, President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin all gave speeches in the wake of the heinous attack by Hamas aga...
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Outing the antisemitesOct 14, 2023 11:00 pm - It should not be difficult to condemn terrorism. It has nothing to do with whether you support the current Israeli government and its policies. One can sympathize with t...
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Coddled by the left and armed by Iran, Hamas stages a massacreOct 09, 2023 11:00 pm - On Saturday morning, several thousand young Israelis were celebrating a Jewish holiday at an all-night music festival in southern Israel, a few miles from the border fen...
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Reflections and hopes during Hispanic Heritage MonthOct 09, 2023 1:00 am - Caravans of American cars and trucks cruising down Roosevelt Road; the handsome red and green of the Mexican flag shining in the September sun, slapped to the hoods or f...
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Illinois must move faster to reach clean-energy goals. A national carbon fee will help.Oct 06, 2023 1:00 am - The two-year anniversary of passage of the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) has come and gone, yet Illinois remains woefully behind in its goal to have homes and bu...
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'Potomac Fever' still infects the SenateOct 06, 2023 1:00 am - The past week or two, I've been thinking about two senators in particular - the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein from California and current senator from New Jersey Robert Men...