Articles filed under Opinion
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Why young voters find Trump a turn-offAug 16, 2016 1:00 am - People always remember their first presidential vote - their first participation in the largest decision of American democracy. In high school, I was a rather awkwar...
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Betrayal is unavoidable in this pick-your-poison electionAug 16, 2016 1:00 am - It's time for an intervention. Make that a pair of interventions. Friends don't let friends vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. As someone who supports neither of...
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Program aims to make clean-air incentives succeedAug 15, 2016 1:00 am - As the Illinois Field Organizer for Moms Clean Air Force, an organization that advocates for children's health in regards to air pollution and climate change, and a moth...
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Clinton campaign is boring, but effectiveAug 13, 2016 1:00 am - What has Hillary Clinton been doing while Donald Trump has been careening from one controversy to the next? She's been traveling the country giving speeches about jobs, ...
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Illinois Millennials deserve a better deal than Social SecurityAug 12, 2016 1:00 am - For the 27.6 percent of Illinoisans who are Millennials, politics probably looks pretty bleak this year. No wonder: Both parties are actively trying to ruin our futures....
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Slusher: On this, the Trump watchers have gone too farAug 11, 2016 1:00 am - I am a strong believer in free speech, and I am not easily offended by words or ideas, especially from nationally syndicated pundits. But I spiked a syndicated column th...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorialsAug 10, 2016 7:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ____ Aug. 10 The Baltimore Sun on an investigation into the Baltimore Police Department: When Mayor Step...
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My Trump addictionAug 10, 2016 1:00 am - PARIS - I awake to brilliant sunshine. It is a glorious day here on the Left Bank, a short walk from the storied cafe Les Deux Magots where I'm told Hemingway has preced...
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Will Donald last all the way to the election?Aug 10, 2016 1:00 am - By Gene Lyons The question isn't so much if Donald Trump can win the election as whether or not he'll still be the GOP candidate come November. Nobody can predict what m...
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Clinton's 'short-circuited' apologyAug 09, 2016 1:00 am - One of the most unintentionally revealing moments of Hillary Clinton's campaign so far came during her recent, unconvincing explanation of the email affair: "I may have ...