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One reader’s wish list for 2024

A suburban Chicago reader offers some quirky developments he’d like to see in the new year.

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Words matter, but they can be twisted, too, especially when Elise Stefanik is involved

In Republican hands, a congressional hearing on antisemitism is anything but a search for understanding.

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Americans aren’t as angry or cynical as many think

There’s plenty going on in the world to worry about, but I can’t agree that it’s rendered all Americans cynical and negative.

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Trump’s craziness is getting worse

There’s already more Donald Trump coverage than anyone needs, but much of what he’s saying would land anyone else in a competency hearing, Gene Lyons writes.

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders wants to send Arkansas schools back to 1956

Everybody who disagrees with her educational reforms, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders claims, is a member of “the radical woke left mob” that she’s protecting schoolchildren from.

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To Trump supporters: Read the indictment

Loose talk about political violence has to be taken seriously, columnist Gene Lyons writes. His advice to would-be, pro-Trump insurrectionists: Read the indictment of the former president. It’s only 44 pages.

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Moms for Liberty: Their anti-library antics remind me of ‘Peyton Place’

Exactly what these women think “liberty” means is not clear. They are censors and book-banners of great passion and determination. Seriously, how many libertine librarians have you known? A less subversive cohort would be hard to imagine.

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Real baseball is back

There are too many other diversions for baseball to reclaim the hold it once had over the public imagination, Gene Lyons writes. But Major League Baseball’s rules changes are a huge success.

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Republicans need to learn this hard lesson: You can’t legislate sexuality

In one state after another, sex-obsessed authoritarians in the party are proposing laws regulating Americans’ private lives. Basically, they’ve lost their minds, Gene Lyons writes.

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Don’t chalk up all American political discord to social media

When has the nation not been riven by disinformation?

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For cleaner air now, Illinois should use more biodiesel

Waiting, while doing nothing, is a lost opportunity in the fight for cleaner air.

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I miss the joys of country living

Mutual suspicion between city and country is literally one of the oldest stories in the world.

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Doggone everything but the dogs

Every day is Dog Day around our house. The pets can serve as a social emollient like no other.

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The internet is a misinformation superhighway

Politically speaking, the internet is pretty much a disaster. One writer suspects that unhinged, unregulated social media are partly responsible for a retreat from democratic values — more tribalism, more violent rhetoric and less respect for law — pretty much around the world.

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