Articles filed under Opinion
-
Bush, Rubio squabble while Trump runs away with itOct 22, 2015 1:00 am - One odd thing about the Republican presidential race is that the strong front-runner, Donald Trump, isn't fundraising. Soliciting contributions takes a huge amount of th...
-
A constitutional lesson for conservativesOct 22, 2015 1:00 am - If the self-styled Republican "Freedom Caucus" understood the first thing about the United States Constitution they profess to revere, they'd recognize that it's a conse...
-
Tipping should be protected, not eliminatedOct 21, 2015 1:00 am - Danny Meyer, the New York restaurateur, may have started something. Last week, he announced he would eliminate tipping at his 13 restaurants and raise his prices. There ...
-
Debate, GOP put Clinton back on topOct 21, 2015 1:00 am - With the latest poll numbers tallied and political pundits having spoken, a consensus has emerged: Hillary Clinton won the first Democratic debate and, barring a Benghaz...
-
'Small' wars eat away at national integrityOct 20, 2015 5:45 am - WASHINGTON - What "wonderful" news this week, as we rock, rattle and roll into election season. The Russians have started bombing in Syria again. The Sunni Muslims are s...
-
The children among the ruins of violenceOct 20, 2015 5:33 am - BEIRUT, Lebanon - A 5-year-old Syrian refugee explains the picture he has drawn: "This is a boy. This is a bed. This is a bomb. This is an apple." Wondering if the apple...
-
Financial literacy a critical college curriculumOct 19, 2015 1:00 am - In Elgin Community College's Game of Life, students move from station to station selecting a career, paying taxes and student loan payments, housing and transportation c...
-
State's overreach on COD hurts community collegesOct 16, 2015 1:00 am - Forty years ago, I received an exceptional education at Harper College. Harper's small classes and dedicated, enthusiastic professors sparked my passion to learn and gav...
-
Trump, Farrakhan speak language of the pitchforkOct 14, 2015 1:00 am - Why Donald Trump bothered to issue an economic program is beyond me. It has some good things in it, like raising the tax on carried interest, but no one really cares abo...
-
Dist. 211 chief: Feds stymie schools' creative transgender solutionsOct 13, 2015 11:00 pm - This newspaper published an editorial Wednesday calling for creative alternatives for meeting the needs of transgender high school students in boys' and girls' locker ro...