Articles filed under Politics
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A preview of coming distractionsMay 05, 2020 1:00 am - As you probably already knew, the next six months of 2020 presidential campaigning are going to be ugly. I do not say this happily, but I do so based upon a lifetime of...
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How Congress has changedMay 05, 2020 1:00 am - If you feel like Congress has become less productive, less functional, and more partisan ... you're right. I've been thinking a lot lately about how it's changed over th...
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As deadline for referendum on independent redistricting passes, advocates refocusMay 04, 2020 5:30 am - The COVID-19 pandemic has killed the chance for voters to amend Illinois' constitution this year and establish independent redistricting, much to the chagrin of advocate...
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Joe Biden and the silence of the media lambsMay 03, 2020 1:00 am - Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar - self-styled feminists who bought every flimsy claim made...
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There are plenty of Shyannes in foxholesMay 03, 2020 1:00 am - These days, I believe I match the description of the bad father in the old Johnny Cash song, "A Boy Named Sue." I'm 62, and I'm "big, and bent, and gray, and old," as th...
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Sure, let's talk about the Vietnam WarMay 01, 2020 1:00 am - As many news organizations have noted, in just three months, the American death toll from the coronavirus has exceeded the number of Americans who were killed in the Vie...
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Constable: 50 years after Kent State shootings, 4 dead, a nation changedMay 01, 2020 1:00 am - As one of thousands of Kent State University students protesting the Vietnam War and President Richard Nixon's decision to expand the bloody campaign into Cambodia 50 ye...
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'Reopen Illinois' demonstration held in ChicagoMay 01, 2020 1:00 am - Anger and frustration were palpable Friday in the Loop as hundreds of people gathered in the Thompson Center plaza to rally against restrictions that have left scores of...
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Keeping it clean: Illinois' chance to improve our environmentApr 30, 2020 11:00 pm - Good news is as precious as gold these days, so with Earth Day just behind us, we want to report this positive piece of information: air pollution levels have plummeted ...
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Slusher: How many coronavirus deaths would you deem to be unacceptable?Apr 30, 2020 5:30 am - I am alone in my kitchen, trying to load glasses from the evening meal in the open dishwasher and choking back sobs. My wife sits under amber light at the dining table ...