Articles filed under Opinion
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Baseball's storyteller, our friendSep 04, 2016 1:00 am - By George F. Will Irish poets learn your trade Sing whatever is well made. ... - William Butler Yeats, "Under Ben Bulben" LOS ANGELES - For 67 years, the son of Vin...
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Almost missed the pitch on big story about young athletesSep 03, 2016 2:00 pm - Imposing pitch counts on high school baseball players has been a hot topic the past week. Under orders from its national chapter, an Illinois High School Association com...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorialsSep 02, 2016 7:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ____ Aug. 30 The Telegraph of London on the European Union: Of all the distortions and misunderstandings...
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Failing the trade testSep 02, 2016 1:00 am - Free trade strongly boosts the American economy. With only 5 percent of the world's population, we depend heavily on foreign countries to buy our products and services. ...
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'The Trump' and 'the blacks'Sep 01, 2016 1:00 am - When Donald Trump says he has a great relationship with "the Blacks," I wonder if he also gets along well with the Smiths. We know he's tight with the Whites. But what'...
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Burkini reveals more than it coversSep 01, 2016 1:00 am - Islamic terrorists are a threat to us - to Europe, to the developed world, and to just about any part of the realm the Islamists decide at any moment they don't like. Bu...
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Move with the Mayor - A Challenge that Could Save Your LifeAug 31, 2016 11:00 pm - In the minute or so that it will take you to read this piece, one American will have died from heart disease. That's a sobering statistic. About 610,000 people die of he...
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Call the Democrats' bluff on political mapsAug 31, 2016 1:00 am - On Thursday, we got the news that the Democrats elected to the Illinois Supreme Court had rejected giving Illinois voters a chance to have their say on redistricting wit...
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Hillary Clinton BleachBits her pastAug 31, 2016 1:00 am - By Byron York While Hillary Clinton was preparing to deliver a big speech portraying Donald Trump as a racist, a figure from Clinton's recent unhappy past - Rep. Trey Go...
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Hillary Clinton and the alchemy of turning bribes into giftsAug 30, 2016 1:00 am - By Richard Cohen Back when I worked for the claims department of a major insurance company, I got stuff. Some of the stuff consisted of tickets to Broadway shows an...