Opinion
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Kent Bush: Brash or crass? Trump taps into GOP's latent lowbrow sideAug 23, 2015 11:00 pm - Presidential primaries are weird contests. The 2016 Republican primary is no different. There are far too many candidates. There are a half-dozen of those in the race wh...
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Obituary for Mary L. CaronAug 23, 2015 11:00 pm - MARY L. CARON, 87, of Chester, Illinois, passed away at 7:45 pm on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at Memorial Hospital in Chester. She was born to the late William and Clara ...
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Mark L. Hopkins: Jimmy Carter's first Iowa speechAug 20, 2015 11:00 pm - I met Jimmy Carter on a hot summer day in 1975 when I was president of a small college in Muscatine, Iowa. Our county and the entire state of Iowa was Republican territo...
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Matthew T. Mangino: Facebook — a venue for abuseAug 20, 2015 11:00 pm - Did you know that hitting "like" on your Facebook page could land you in jail? A Pennsylvania man may soon find out. Justin Bellanco was recently charged with indirect...
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Arthur I. Cyr: Intelligence involves art along with scienceAug 18, 2015 11:00 pm - "Here is a book you should have, Mr. Director," and with that Jacqueline Kennedy handed CIA director Allen Dulles a copy of "From Russia with Love" by Ian Fleming, the l...
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Ed Graney: Participation trophies not doing kids any harmAug 18, 2015 11:00 pm - It was during my second year of college, one of those weekend trips home for Mom to feed me and do my laundry and otherwise pamper a 19-year-old like he was 6 again. I s...
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Kent Bush: Believe what you want, the facts remainAug 18, 2015 11:00 pm - Facts have no bias. However, in politics it seems that what someone believes carries far more weight than facts. There are many things people are capable of believing de...
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Matthew T. Mangino: Juveniles fear arrest more than punishmentAug 13, 2015 11:00 pm - Research into the adolescent mind and criminality has changed the way we punish young people. Brain development research has, in part, eliminated juveniles from the deat...
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Arthur I. Cyr: Republican debate reflectionsAug 11, 2015 11:00 pm - The 2016 presidential campaign seems different. Traditionally, the Republicans have nominated a known-quantity candidate with extensive government experience. The Democr...
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Dianne Williamson: Trump spectacle is irresistibly entertainingAug 10, 2015 11:00 pm - I can't believe we're still talking about Donald Trump. What's wrong with us? Are we really that starved for train-wreck entertainment disguised as legitimate political ...