Articles filed under Opinion
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Once a great notionJun 05, 2016 1:00 am - OXFORD, Md. - It was such a marvelous idea: The United States of America. Obviously, we've never really pulled it all together under one hat, but it has always seemed t...
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Why not base school-funding formula on proven research?Jun 03, 2016 1:00 am - The environment in Springfield couldn't be more toxic or dysfunctional. The virulence of the budget debate between Illinois' Republican governor and Democrat-controlled ...
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Why Trump attacked MartinezJun 03, 2016 1:00 am - By Byron York Many observers were mystified when Donald Trump attacked New Mexico Republican Gov. Susana Martinez. But the story was really very simple: Martinez hit Tru...
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Sanders plays a dangerous gameJun 02, 2016 1:00 am - Bernie Sanders is playing a selfish, dangerous game. He has no chance of winning the Democratic nomination - none, zero, zilch. Yet he persists in attacking Hillary Clin...
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In New Mexico, Trump fails to enchantJun 02, 2016 1:00 am - Never mind Texas. Don't mess with New Mexico! Apparently, it's the Land of Enchantment you have to be careful with if you're a demagogue running for president who portra...
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GOP leaders' sad surrender to TrumpJun 01, 2016 1:00 am - For those of us with a certain political bent and background, this is the most depressing moment of all. The best of the GOP - Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan, the intellectua...
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Austrian election is symptom of global populismJun 01, 2016 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer Since the end of World War II, when Vienna had the mood of an abandoned, exhausted remnant of its imperial Habsburg past, Austria has cautiously, s...
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Obama's legacy of a pre-post-racial eraMay 31, 2016 1:00 am - As Barack Obama's presidency takes a back seat to the psychodrama known as the 2016 election, historians, speculators and revisionists are busy writing his presidential ...
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Some truth for today's graduatesMay 31, 2016 1:00 am - By Ruben Navarrette Jr. As they celebrate commencement at colleges around the country, graduates can expect to get the same gift: plenty of unsolicited advice from their...
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Low wage payers set a low bar for wage earnersMay 30, 2016 1:00 am - I'm a Chicago home care worker, and I just stormed the headquarters of one of our country's largest employers: McDonald's. Why should I care about McDonald's? While I m...