Articles filed under Politics
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Learning from the Great DepressionAug 20, 2019 1:00 am - What is striking about the latest bouts of financial turmoil - the recent wild swings in global stock and bond markets - is that they provide a sobering reminder of the ...
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Rival criticizes Lake County State's Attorney over Old Mill Creek murder chargesAug 19, 2019 1:00 am - Lake County State's Attorney Mike Nerheim is facing criticism from his chief political opponent for his decision to levy murder charges against five teenage accomplices ...
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Political leaders condemn mock assassination during fundraiser in WinfieldAug 19, 2019 1:00 am - Political leaders on both sides of the aisle condemned a stunt at a weekend political fundraiser in Winfield that included the mock assassination of a person wearing a m...
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Rep. Steve King says media, GOP leaders owe him an apology after his comments on rape, incestAug 19, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Rep. Steve King is demanding an apology from the news media and Republican leaders after he remarked last week that humanity might not exist if not for rape...
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America, we must work together to stop togetherAug 19, 2019 1:00 am - As a freshman in college, after the Las Vegas shooting in 2017, I wrote a poem titled "Please Mr. President" that was published in The New York Times and then the Daily ...
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The significance of the 'backyard war' brewing with ChinaAug 18, 2019 1:00 am - In my July 4 op-ed for the Daily Herald, I introduced the concept of "backyard wars" as limited but violent expressions of ongoing rivalries between great powers. I obse...
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The emotional resonance of 'Amazing Grace'Aug 18, 2019 1:00 am - By Michael Gerson The concert film "Amazing Grace" accomplishes something I thought impossible - capturing the Holy Ghost on celluloid. Over two days in 1972, director ...
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Google employees demand company renounce working with Trump immigration agenciesAug 17, 2019 6:00 am - Google's challenges are mounting from within as employees call on the company to promise it won't do business with the Trump administration's immigration apparatus. More...
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State agency takes aim at Blagojevich's law licenseAug 16, 2019 5:30 am - As former Gov. Rod Blagojevich eagerly awaits news on whether President Donald Trump will commute what's left of his 14-year prison sentence, it appears he may have one ...
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District 220 to put $147 million spending plan on March 2020 ballotAug 16, 2019 1:00 am - Barrington Area Unit District 220 board members have approved putting a $147 million referendum question for facility improvements on the March 17 ballot by a 6-0 vote. ...