Articles filed under Politics
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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. ...
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Trump's China policy: incoherent, value-freeAug 16, 2019 1:00 am - A concern for human rights and democracy has often been seen as an add-on to our country's foreign policy, an attractive veneer over the usual realpolitik. But President...
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China does not have the upper hand in Hong Kong. Trump does.Aug 16, 2019 1:00 am - By Marc A. Thiessen President Donald Trump has warned China that it must respond "humanely" to the protests in Hong Kong if it wants a trade deal, for the first time sug...
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Constable: Are you there, God? It's us, Americans praying for smiteAug 15, 2019 5:30 am - With the great differences of opinion among people in the United States, the political divide in this nation seems almost biblical. So, is it OK to pray for God to smite...
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Like it or not, age will be an issue in 2020 presidential campaignAug 15, 2019 1:00 am - Here are the ages that the top presidential candidates will be on Inauguration Day, 2021: Bernie Sanders, 79; Joe Biden, 78; Donald Trump, 74; and Elizabeth Warren, 71. ...
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How should Americans engage globally?Aug 15, 2019 1:00 am - By Lee H. Hamilton I've been struck recently by news coverage of climate change and humans' degradation of the planet. Two opposing themes keep appearing. One is the sen...