Articles filed under Politics
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Tom Ricketts, you need to visit our mosque. Soon.Feb 11, 2019 12:00 am - Last summer, myself and Rabbi Ari Margolis went to a Cubs game together. When Anthony Rizzo belted a walk-off game winning home run, we were screaming and hugging like l...
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People like the estate tax a whole lot more when they learn how wealth is distributedFeb 10, 2019 5:09 am - Proposals to increase taxes on the wealthy are having a moment: Polling shows Democrats and Republicans coming together in support of steep taxes on the wealth and incom...
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Wealth concentration near 'levels last seen during the Roaring Twenties,' study findsFeb 10, 2019 5:00 am - The 400 richest Americans - the top 0.00025 percent of the population - have tripled their share of the nation's wealth since the early 1980s, according to a new working...
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Not everyone in Iran is celebrating revolution's anniversaryFeb 10, 2019 12:00 am - When I traveled to a small town outside Paris that early winter morning to interview the Iranian Shiite leader, the mysterious Ayatollah Khomeini, a veil of historic dis...
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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...