Opinion
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Rich Miller on Springfield: Winners, losers in fight for Dem state party chairAug 10, 2022 9:33 pm - One of the biggest unsung winners in the fight for control of the Democratic Party of Illinois is House Speaker Chris Welch. The new state party chair is state Rep. Eliz...
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Geoff Ritter: The perils of monkeypox messagingAug 10, 2022 9:46 pm - "While direct illness will subside, certain symptoms may remain. Consult your doctor or physician if some actually get way, way worse, which is likely." Those words aren...
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Geoff Ritter: Sea squids stalk the soap aisleAug 05, 2022 9:27 pm - Call it a wash? A "wash," in this instance, is being confronted with competing things that are ultimately equal, where "one side does not have an advantage," according t...
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DeFilippis: God is love for everyone with no limitations or qualificationsAug 05, 2022 9:23 pm - The current brand of what calls itself Christianity in America, White Christian Nationalism, is infecting our nation's politics. Given that fact, I think the issue of a ...
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Michael Jeffords: The Shawnee National Forest is changingAug 10, 2022 9:48 pm - I am 72 years old. I've been exploring the Shawnee National Forest since I was 11. Simple math! I grew up on the southern edge of the Shawnee, and a friend and I (older ...
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Rich Miller: Welch, Durkin take off the glovesAug 01, 2022 8:11 pm - During a sometimes-fiery interview last week, House Speaker Chris Welch pledged to tie House Republican candidates to the far-right top of their ticket and called House ...
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Rich Miller: With appellate court punting on masks, what happens when next variant arrives?Feb 21, 2022 1:38 pm - This entire controversy over Sangamon County Judge Raylene Grischow's odd ruling earlier this month that statewide mask/vaccine/testing mandates at schools are a "type o...
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Columnist Robert De Filippis: Look at yourselfJan 30, 2022 11:52 pm - From the late comedian George Carlin: "B.S. is the glue that binds us as a nation. Land of the free, home of the brave. The American dream. All men are equal. Justice is...
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Robert Carroll Rich, formerly of HarrisburgNov 03, 2021 10:57 pm - One person had the gift to write a notice announcing that Bob Rich has died. That person was Bob Rich. For that reason, the small club who understood every inch of his l...
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Rich Miller/From Springfield: Can 'Conscience Act' be used to skirt vaccine mandate?Sep 29, 2021 12:44 am - After well over a year of successfully fending off every legal challenge to his executive powers during the pandemic, it now appears that Gov. J.B. Pritzker might have r...