Articles filed under Opinion
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Where are the rational Republicans?Jan 28, 2016 4:12 am - Can the Rational Right segment of the Republican Party stop Donald Trump and Ted Cruz from getting their party's nomination? Given the feckless flailing of GOP leaders s...
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Richard Cohen: A presidential subway seriesJan 27, 2016 4:45 am - NEW YORK - Has anyone noticed? If the presidential race were baseball, then what's shaping up would be called a Subway Series. But instead of the Mets and the Yankees, w...
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Guest view: New auditor general must step downJan 27, 2016 12:00 am - After Illinois Auditor General William Holland retired last fall, three years into his third 10-year term, the General Assembly appointed State Rep. Frank Mautino, D-Spr...
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Fixing our broken criminal justice system is a moral imperativeJan 26, 2016 12:00 am - I struggle to comprehend how a country as rich as America - wealthy, absolutely, but also rich in intellectual talent, rich in diversity, rich in industrial might, rich ...
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Daddy Trump is looking out for you!Jan 26, 2016 12:00 am - By Kathleen Parker So you say you want a daddy for your president? OK, so maybe you didn't say it, but on a subliminal level, you may have felt it, especially if you're ...
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Can Bernie Sanders change dynamics of Democratic race?Jan 22, 2016 12:00 am - It's pretty clear things have changed in the Democratic presidential race when Hillary Clinton does a sky-is-falling routine for donors. "There are not one, but two new ...
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Lessons Martin Luther King Jr. taught still resonateJan 21, 2016 12:00 am - Many years ago, when the South was catching fire over civil rights, my editor at the Chicago Daily News innocently asked, "How would you like to go south with a busload ...
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Slusher: Key lesson with 'Making a Murderer': Think criticallyJan 21, 2016 12:00 am - In covering crime and punishment, news organizations often have to fend with fears that a case will be "tried in the newspapers." The recent Netflix documentary "Making ...
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College of DuPage can't move forward without cooperative trusteesJan 20, 2016 12:00 am - Once again, the news covers board disagreements, not College of DuPage's positives. What is at stake at COD? Our students rely upon COD transfer credits. On Dec. 16, the...
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The GOP needs both Trump and Cruz to fallJan 20, 2016 12:00 am - The outbreak of hostilities between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz may not be edifying, but it is clarifying. Cruz represents the arrival of Tea Party ideology at the presid...