You can put a price on health
— July 12, 2017When the legal smoke clears Cook County doubtless will have a soft drink tax. The measure as originally proposed would impose a 1-cent-per-ounce tax on all “sweetened beverages,”…
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Twitter dependence day
— July 12, 2017Donald Trump almost got it right. Where his predecessor from a couple of generations ago, President Harry Truman, famously said, “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of…
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The politician justices
— July 5, 2017There is a silver lining here: It enlightens anyone who believes that all those who comprise the judicial branch of our federal government, particularly the nine justices of the Supreme…
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Government does not need to be the enemy
— June 28, 2017The attack on Republican members of Congress at a baseball practice has elicited a great deal of soul searching: Why is our political climate so toxic and what can be done to improve…
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Fantasy patriots
— June 28, 2017One can only guess that 66-year-old James T. Hodgkinson of Belleville, Ill., had decided that he needed to be a hero and single-handedly rescue his country from the malevolent forces…
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The neglected Reagan
— July 12, 2017Does anyone really know Ronald Reagan? In his new book “The Working Class Republican,” a bracingly revisionist account of the 40th president, Henry Olsen answers “no.”…
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He’s a Republican now
— July 5, 2017Donald Trump, the erstwhile Democrat, independent and member of the Reform Party, finally has a fixed partisan identity. The president may be besieged, unpopular and prone to lashing…
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Yes, hate speech is free speech
— June 28, 2017With the left feverishly attempting to squash unwelcome speech on college campuses, with the president of the United States musing about tightening libel laws, with prominent liberals…
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