Articles filed under Politics
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Nuclear power should be part of energy mix in fighting climate changeFeb 10, 2019 12:00 am - The climate is in crisis. The recent IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 Degrees Celsius says we need to cut CO2 emissions dramatically by 2030 to avoid the wor...
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Political provocateur: Stava-Murray makes waves in Springfield, blames Madigan, takes on DurbinFeb 09, 2019 12:00 am - Anne Stava-Murray did not arrive quietly on the political scene, and now that she's here, she isn't following anyone's playbook but her own. The 81st District state repr...
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Trump gave a very dark speech, but it contained a ray of lightFeb 08, 2019 12:00 am - My professional opinion? It was a below-average State of the Union address in a long, distinguished tradition of below-average State of the Union addresses. The speech w...
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Is reality optional?Feb 08, 2019 12:00 am - By Walter E. Williams See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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The Senate Finance Committee is now steered by a tractor driver from IowaFeb 07, 2019 12:00 am - His tractor is so noisy that, when driving it, the man who calls himself "just a farmer from Butler County" puts his cellphone under his cap, set on vibrate. Charles Gra...
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Can moderate Dems talk Pelosi out of extreme border position?Feb 07, 2019 12:00 am - As things stand now, a House and Senate conference committee is the only hope that Democrats and Republicans can reach agreement on border security and avoid another gov...
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Online's 'walled gardens' must stop assuming real news is freeFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - Facebook and Google have been brutal to the news business. But this primarily reflects a failure of imagination. The tech giants are the world's best distribution platfo...
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Don't make Medicare-for-all a litmus testFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - Hear that crunching sound? It's the eggshells that 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls are stomping through, backing up and stomping upon all over again, as they attem...
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Inquiring minds: How did a tabloid get Jeff Bezos' texts?Feb 06, 2019 12:00 am - When the National Enquirer published explicit text messages between Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and the woman he was having an affair with, the world's richest man made cl...
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Virginia Democrats awash in scandalFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - The Democratic Party of Virginia was engulfed in a full-blown political crisis Wednesday, as a series of scandals tarnished the Commonwealth's three top Democratic leade...