Andrew Cuomo, we now know, deliberately misled the public in reports of the number of coronavirus deaths, omitting the numbers of those who co…
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What is needed above all is a more inclusive language — one that rejects simplistic binary distinctions pitting Democrats against Republicans.
I don't understand what gives Biden — like his predecessors Trump, Barack Obama and George W. Bush — either the legal or moral authority to un…
There are a number of Republicans who would be acceptable presidential candidates. Trump is not one of them.
If Congress fails to act, the economic cost will be nothing compared to the damage to the nation’s electorate. It’s time to acknowledge the es…
Competition between opposing military powers can produce their own, destructive dynamics as each assumes the worst about the other’s intentions.Â
While liberals bask in the blinding glow of superficial identity politics, patting themselves on the back, conservatives can also celebrate th…
This stimulus will increase the federal debt without leaving the economy appreciably bigger than it would have been without the bill.
There are numerous people who have made noteworthy contributions for the good of the Decatur community. Furthermore, students have a right to …
In a month, President Biden has not said anything that has uplifted the spirits of a single American who’s not a member of the teachers union.
It is time to rethink the mission of Black History Month and focus on the current issues that impact the everyday lives of African Americans.
Illinois now has its first ever Black House Speaker with Welch, and that will likely mean much more focus on representative re-districting.
THUMBS UP! Despite some disappointment, to Tuesday's primary. Six candidates -- incumbents David Horn and Chuck Kuhle, along with Ed Culp, Mar…
There can really be no difference of political opinion about the virtue of dismantling criminal networks that prey upon innocents.
Manchin is an unusual character in the increasingly polarized Senate: a Democrat who voted in favor of Trump’s position on legislation more th…
Opinion: I have never met a kind person I disliked, even if I disagreed with their politics or we had no interests in common.
Like Julius Caesar’s Gaul, today’s Republican Party is divided into three parts: Never Trumpers, Sometimes Trumpers and Always Trumpers.
Trump’s free speech defense may now get its day in court.
Episode 8: Also discussed is whether boycotts are an effective tactic to get companies to change their policies and why we should consider inc…
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The crushing debt burden — which topped $30,000 for the average student in the late 2010s, up sharply since the turn of the millennium — has b…
It was worth the rigors of the trial to establish that a bipartisan 57-43 majority of the Senate agrees that Trump is guilty of inciting an in…
Many economists now believe the government has been too miserly for decades because of an unfounded fear of inflation.
Biden has said no, he won’t lift the sanctions first, and shouldn’t. He should instead make them tougher by trying to get the other signatorie…
But I’m glad Joe Biden does.
He made the House’s trains run on time and the way he did it required an immense amount of work and control.
If you are one of the millions to vote for Trump, did you believe the 30,000 lies he told? Did you actually think over 83 million votes were fake?
