Articles filed under Opinion
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Bill is coming dueNov 13, 2025 12:57 pm - My fellow Illinoisans and I are putting on our armor, and making at least weekly donations to local food banks, pantries and other organizations that bring assistance to ...
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More analysis needed on transit faresNov 13, 2025 4:00 am - In New York City, the Transit Authority is trending toward 32% of revenue coming from fares in 2026. For us here in Chicago the number is 25%. In Washington, D.C., it’s 2...
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Boycott ballroom donorsNov 13, 2025 4:00 am - Upset? Livid? Outraged? That the East Wing of our White House has been not altered but demolished to make way for a grand 1,000-person ballroom? I am and I’m looking at t...
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Today’s editorial cartoonNov 13, 2025 4:00 am -
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Where are true reforms?Nov 13, 2025 4:00 am - The government shutdown has brought a focus on SNAP benefits. If one in eight people are receiving this benefit, it seems some reforms are needed. Why is this the case? T...
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Trump's biggest election loss happened in CaliforniaNov 13, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders:
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Aside from punditry, keeping our coming primaries in perspectiveNov 13, 2025 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: There were precious few off-year elections around the country last week, but those we saw produced a bounty of analysis, punditry and political hand-wringing. Perhaps more than anything, this is a sign of the tensions governing our election politics these days.
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Common-sense preventionNov 12, 2025 12:27 pm - A recent opinion article opined that President Trump is wrong to send the military to prevent drug smugglers from Venezuela. He later states that the president is wrong t...
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Bad news for Republicans, warnings for both partiesNov 12, 2025 11:19 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: In the 2025 gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey, Democrats performed significantly better than expected, indicating a potential backlash against the Trump Republican Party. Ironically, an adverse Supreme Court ruling on Trump’s tariffs could be his saving grace.
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Getting a conscienceNov 12, 2025 4:00 am - What do the eight Democratic senators who voted with the 52 Republican senators to end the shutdown have in common? They are all not running for re-election. What a coinc...