Articles filed under Opinion
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Solving state's fiscal challenges requires coming together in moderationAug 03, 2015 11:00 pm - Solving the fiscal challenges of Illinois requires a balanced approach. That is why I pledged to work cooperatively and professionally with Gov. Bruce Rauner. I will kee...
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Chicago's unknown hero of peaceAug 03, 2015 1:00 am - In its 1929 Man of the Year article, Time magazine acknowledged that many readers would believe Secretary of State Frank Kellogg the right choice, as probably the top ne...
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A GOP led by Trump will fail, and deserve itAug 02, 2015 1:00 am - At this point in the 2016 presidential campaign, the noble, elusive stag of political rhetoric is pretty much roadkill. This judgment is unfair to a few candidates - Ric...
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Taking the ADA to the next levelJul 31, 2015 1:00 am - The power of the Americans with Disabilities Act is that it ended up changing my life long before I ever imagined it would. In 1990, when the ADA was signed into law, I...
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COD's better tomorrow starts todayJul 30, 2015 1:00 am - The College of DuPage must be better tomorrow than it is today. The board of trustees must instill and lead a daily orientation to academic excellence, institutional i...
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Obama's truth out of AfricaJul 30, 2015 1:00 am - It is good to be President Barack Obama these days. In the midst of a visit to Africa, including Kenya, where Republican front-runner Donald Trump has insisted Obama was...
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Uber and who's getting run over by technologyJul 29, 2015 1:00 am - Uber just ran over the mayor of New York. Bill de Blasio wanted to limit the company's expansion, citing traffic and complaints from the taxi industry, which is, as the ...
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Don't help the terroristsJul 29, 2015 1:00 am - After five American soldiers were murdered in Chattanooga, Tennessee, by a deranged Muslim gunman, the nation reacted with anger, shock and fear. "Little did I know that...
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Strategy, not tactics, is next president's top jobJul 28, 2015 1:00 am - By chance, in the withering summer heat, I came across an article by Dr. Henry Kissinger in the Harvard Gazette of last May. In an era when Gen. George C. Marshall, who ...
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Are Democrats coronating a wounded queen?Jul 28, 2015 1:00 am - The most surprising revelation in recent presidential polling is not that Donald Trump has low favorability in key states - a welcome indicator of national sanity - but ...