Opinion
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Our view: The last word on Father's Day, 2018Jun 20, 2018 1:00 am - Fathers occupy a special place in our lives. Usually for good but sometimes for ill, they are interwoven with who we are. For this Father's Day, we went out in search of...
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John Homan: Numbers don't lie, it's time to stop texting while drivingJun 18, 2018 1:00 am - How safe do you feel when you're out on the road driving? Would you feel safer if other drivers weren't distracted drivers? I think most of us would be, don't you think...
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Letter: President Dunn deserves Carbondale's forgivenessJun 17, 2018 1:00 am - To the editor: As an alumnus of Southern Illinois University of Carbondale and a former member of the Illinois Board of higher Education as well as the Southern Illinois...
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Rich Miller: It'll take more than Mapes leaving to change Statehouse cultureJun 17, 2018 1:00 am - If you ask anyone at the Statehouse about House Speaker Michael Madigan's former chief of staff Tim Mapes, they'll all say he made the trains run on time. Mapes made sur...
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Counting the holes in allegations against Rep. Lou LangJun 06, 2018 1:00 am - Pointing out the holes in Maryann Loncar's allegations against Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie) is like shooting fish in a barrel. But it doesn't necessarily mean that absolutel...
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John Homan: A great example of putting others above selfJun 06, 2018 1:00 am - So often, we go through life thinking how we can be better served by others. Perhaps it's just part of being human that we put ourselves first in much of what we say, th...
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Rich Miller: Will Rauner get anything done about guns; does he even want to?May 30, 2018 1:00 am - Last week's news conference announcing his latest amendatory veto was, without a doubt, the best press pop Gov. Bruce Rauner has had since he fired his top staff in July...
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Guest view: Don't give vocational education the short end of the stickMay 09, 2018 1:00 am - With the nation's unemployment rate continuing to drop, labor markets are in an ever-tightening vice, and Illinois employers are feeling the pain as they try to fill mid...
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Rich Miller: Fixing higher education won't be easy, but it's time to startMay 09, 2018 1:00 am - Eastern Illinois University's legislative liaison Katie Anselment had some strong words for legislators during an Illinois Senate Higher Education Committee hearing last...
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Our view: All talk, no action; politicians fail to put end to gerrymanderingMay 09, 2018 1:00 am - Here's what's likely to happen regarding fair elections in Illinois unless the people get angry enough to stop it: If the polls hold true, Democrat J.B. Pritzker will be...