Articles filed under Politics
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Americans rally to their presidents in times of crisisApr 05, 2020 1:00 am - Democrats are beside themselves; after President Donald Trump's consistently inconsistent and uneven public pronouncements on the seriousness of the coronavirus, moving ...
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COVID-19 is forcing us to rethink our valuesApr 05, 2020 1:00 am - "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." The immortal words of Charles Dickens have never rung truer than now, during the age of COVID-19 and the global pa...
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Trump says 'toughest' weeks ahead as coronavirus spreadsApr 04, 2020 4:00 pm - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump warned Saturday that the county could be headed into its "toughest" weeks yet as the coronavirus death toll mounts, but at the same t...
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Oh, for arms that are six feet longApr 03, 2020 1:00 am - Earlier this week, our daughter Cait texted a photo capturing a moment of her juggling her job and her two young children at home. At first, I noticed only Cait's hand o...
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Our workplace is lonelier, but goal of valuable news is even strongerApr 02, 2020 1:00 am - In May 2019, I wrote the following as the Daily Herald prepared to move from our offices just east of the intersection of Algonquin and Arlington Heights roads in Arling...
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In fighting pandemic, pure individualism is a handicapApr 02, 2020 1:00 am - "Each person, withdrawn into himself, behaves as though he is a stranger to the destiny of all the others. His children and his good friends constitute for him the whole...
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Editorial: Governor, when it comes to Fair Maps, democracy needs youApr 01, 2020 11:00 pm - Given the other things on our minds, it is hard for any of us to turn our attention these days to Illinois' sorry practice of gerrymandering, and it feels particularly u...
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Unbreakable resilience helps us overcome poison of pessimismApr 01, 2020 11:00 pm - Look around with open eyes. It is not too hard to see the power of resilience in nature pushing up like the crocus, tulips in spring. Spring 2020 is a challenging time ...
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Let's get a mighty mayor, not a vanquished senator, for VPApr 01, 2020 1:00 am - The novel coronavirus has made clear who in this country actually runs things. It should be, and occasionally is, the president. But in this instance, President Donald T...
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Government's evolving role in fighting crisesApr 01, 2020 1:00 am - "So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." This quotation is from the First Inaugural Address of President Fran...