Articles filed under Opinion
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When questions of character mask the messageNov 19, 2014 4:01 am - Beverly Gage, a Yale historian, was researching a biography of J. Edgar Hoover in the National Archives when she came across the infamous letter the FBI had written to M...
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Just who is being denied right to vote?Nov 19, 2014 4:01 am - I just read the Nov. 16 column by Catherine Rampell of The Washington Post Writers Group, titled "New voting laws may be deciding some elections." The implication is tha...
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Answers to 'How?' and 'What next?' after electionNov 18, 2014 4:01 am - A remarkable Election Day is now two weeks behind us, giving this professor time to reflect on both past and future for Illinois. Here are some of my thoughts. On th...
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The gathering storm in WashingtonNov 18, 2014 4:01 am - When Abraham Lincoln first presented a version of the Emancipation Proclamation to his Cabinet, Secretary of State William Seward warned that issuing it after a defeat w...
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New voting regulations may be deciding electionsNov 16, 2014 4:01 am - Voter suppression efforts may have changed the outcomes of some of the closest races this month. And if the Supreme Court lets these laws stand, they will continue to di...
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The missing students of MexicoNov 16, 2014 4:01 am - Mexico is suffering a national tragedy, the details of which make the Day of the Dead look like a walk in the park. And, for some Mexican officials, keeping up with the ...
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Closing of nuclear plants a mistakeNov 14, 2014 4:01 am - Prematurely closing nuclear power plants is a mistake. Early closing of well-operating nuclear power plants, including some of those operated by Exelon in Illinois, is b...
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Closing of nuclear plants a mistakeNov 14, 2014 4:01 am - Prematurely closing nuclear power plants is a mistake. Early closing of well-operating nuclear power plants, including some of those operated by Exelon in Illinois, is b...
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Rising, but bringing everyone else alongNov 13, 2014 4:01 am - A week after the midterm elections, Republicans are still browsing through the jewelry store of their victories, admiring this bauble and that. Most of their Senate wins...
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Restoring trust is no easy mandateNov 13, 2014 4:01 am - Postelection analysis falls somewhere between amusing and clueless. In the amusing camp are Democratic strategists who intone that more Democrats would have won if only ...