Don’t squander this trade crisis
High-level trade talks began Wednesday between Trump administration negotiators and a Chinese delegation, and it is no exaggeration to say t…
Measles that shouldn’t be
With all the lurking unknowns concerning infectious disease – including the brain-damaging Zika virus, the paralyzing acute flaccid myelitis…
China deadly serious in Huawei dispute
How serious is China about putting Canada in its place over the Huawei affair? In the words of legal scholar Donald Clarke, it’s deadly seri…
Dissenting voices part of debate in America
The progressive mob is on the march, again. Its goal almost always is to shut down conflicting speech by decrying any dissenter as a racist,…
What’s the limit?
Legalized sports gambling isn’t the golden goose that it used to be.When the new Illinois governor a…
Farm bill is bad outcome, but could have been worse
In Washington, bad outcomes that could have been worse are victories. Case in point: the emerging House and Senate agreement on a five-year …
Illinois Supreme Court ruling outlines problem
Will this state ever get out of its pension hole? Not at the rate it’s going.The Illinois Supreme Co…
Another View: Rising prices for natural gas will test power grid
Thanks to the laws of supply and demand, right now is a good time to be selling natural gas. That’s because the price for natural gas just k…
Law, order, economy should drive response to migrants at border
The humanitarian crisis at the California-Mexico border demands thoughtfulness and clear thinking from federal, state and local leaders. Wit…
With campaign over, Illinois must move forward
There were few surprises election night as results were reported across the Land of Lincoln, which saw Democrat J.B. Pritzker handily defeat…
