Columnists 09/08/2017, 11:11pm KADNER: Funny how the ‘rule of law’ hammers the poor before the rich Hardly anyone talks about the rule of law when it comes to Wall Street executives and bankers responsible for the Great Recession.
Columnists 09/05/2017, 01:31pm KADNER: Trump, Kim, Putin prove it is a mad, mad world In a world full of erratic madmen, a sensible half-wit might seem a wizard.
Columnists 09/01/2017, 07:08pm KADNER: Historic school reform could be another con job Off the record, people who support this school funding reform bill admit it lacks the money necessary to bring about substantive change.
Columnists 08/29/2017, 01:57pm KADNER: If Texas disaster spending is good, why oppose it elsewhere? Everyone who opposes government spending speak now or forever hold your peace
Columnists 08/25/2017, 12:23pm KADNER: Mentally ill people sit in jail and get little help Downstate jails often have fewer resources to deal with the mentally ill than Cook County, which has become Illinois’ largest mental institution.
Columnists 08/22/2017, 11:55am KADNER: If overtaxed, how do we explain gambling and Kardashians? Voters want to hear they can pay less and get more because they believe the nation is terribly overtaxed.
Columnists 08/18/2017, 01:19pm KADNER: Ignoramuses in the Age of Trump I have no idea what Trump stands for or whether he means anything he says. I’m not even convinced the president always knows what he’s saying.
Columnists 08/15/2017, 01:27pm KADNER: As schools starve, Rauner bellyaches Since his election in 2014, Gov. Bruce Rauner has spent most of his time complaining like a working stiff in a neighborhood bar.
Columnists 08/11/2017, 12:19am KADNER: If nuclear war erupts, did we do our best? In the future, if there is a future, it seems to me we owe to the world and to our children, to say, “Yes, we did our very best.”
Columnists 08/08/2017, 12:15pm KADNER: The curious case of a caucus in Congress working on Obamacare They call themselves the Problem Solvers Caucus and the goal is to work across party lines in Congress for the good of the country.