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Court protects all presidents

Put aside former president Donald Trump (an impossible task for some) and examine the Supreme Court’s majority ruling that protects any president from litigation for decisions and actions he (or she, but for the sake of this column I will use the male pronoun) has made while in office. In ...

Tale of two debates seen in two separate campaigns

The debate featured “an extraordinarily aggressive, top-to-bottom attack,” Politico wrote. “Over and over,” one candidate’s “tactic of choice was a gut-level punch.” An “alpha-male display,” Britain’s left-wing Guardian headlined. The dominant candidate’s style, CNN ...

Sad reality: Joe Biden needs to make way for another Dem

I never thought I would be writing a column to urge Joe Biden to step aside. But his painfully poor performance in his debate with Donald Trump last week forced me to face a very uncomfortable truth. His debate showing was a capital-D disaster. The horrible truth: Biden needs to bow ...

Illinois Republicans need a more centrist message, unity to regain relevancy

In other circumstances, the resignation last week of state Republican Party Chairman Don Tracy would seem an opportunity to reset the GOP on a course toward relevancy in Illinois. But both the circumstances of Tracy’s departure and the reaction to it suggest cause for concern. Downstate ...

Democrats will be OK if they want to

Bad debates happen, as Joe Biden’s supporters say. But that wasn’t a debate. Biden stood there in an apparent cloud of fatigue, while Donald Trump lied his way throughout, ignoring the uncomfortable questions, of which there were several. Biden says he’s staying in the race, and for ...

Biden claims to know right from wrong

At a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, following his universally criticized debate performance, President Biden attempted to draw a distinction between himself and Donald Trump: “ I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong.” Knowing right from wrong presumes a standard that is ...