Articles filed under Opinion
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Many reasons for Illinois' weak PARCC resultsSep 25, 2015 1:00 am - Last year, Illinois implemented a new standardized test to assess student achievement. Known as "PARCC" - which stands for "Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for ...
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After being fired, Fiorina shouldn't be hiredSep 24, 2015 1:00 am - I want to say something about Carly Fiorina right at the outset: I don't care if she was a brilliant or awful CEO of Hewlett-Packard. I don't care if her firing was just...
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Slusher: People will talk, but be careful about judgmentsSep 24, 2015 1:00 am - It is ridiculous for a newspaper ever to tell the public not to have an interest in a topic or not to speculate about whether officials are doing their jobs right. Our ...
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Sneaking fringe bigotry into national conversationSep 23, 2015 1:00 am - What is the proper response from a prospective president to the question: Is being a Muslim disqualifying for the presidency? Ben Carson answered that he "would not adv...
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Get compostable bags into green conversationSep 22, 2015 11:00 pm - The Chicago ban on plastic bags, implemented Aug. 1, has generated discussion on how consumers and companies trying to conduct business can respect the ban's intent to r...
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Money quotes from GOP contendersSep 22, 2015 1:00 am - Sometimes what seems the least consequential detail tells the most about a person's character - or at least his or her intentions. Such was the case at the end of Wednes...
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Cost and value at the two-year collegeSep 21, 2015 1:00 am - Last week, the White House announced the rollout of the College Scorecard, which is intended to provide potential students with data on college cost, graduation, debt an...
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Resist temptation to follow Putin into SyriaSep 20, 2015 1:00 am - The Russian thrust into Syria these last two weeks was not the first time the sons of the Volga have interfered militarily for lengthy periods in the Arab world; and the...
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Don't let Iran deal become wedge issueSep 18, 2015 1:00 am - The Iran nuclear deal is complex and there are many legitimate questions and concerns and likewise many significant benefits. It is however quite frustrating to see this...
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'Magnetic migration' has its downsideSep 17, 2015 1:00 am - At first, the pictures from the borders of the Mediterranean Sea are nothing but heartbreaking. Streams of exhausted and hungry people, throwing themselves upon the heal...