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Paging Milton Friedman: How the big minimum wage hike could hurt Illinois workers

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February 9, 2019

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Paging Milton Friedman: How the big minimum wage hike could hurt Illinois workers

Friday, Feb 8

Under new Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, the state of Illinois is poised to hike the minimum wage. Do we want job creators to abandon Illinois at an even swifter pace?

When will a Cubs response match the force of those bigoted emails?

The Cubs should bring a little more heat to their response to Joe Ricketts' bigoted email exchanges.

Politicians in blackface? For Democrats, beats defending late-term abortion.

The blackface controversy obscures discussion over late-term abortion for Democratic politicians, writes columnist John Kass.

As of today, let's forgive everyone who has ever appeared in blackface. But anyone who does it tomorrow will get no mercy.

African-Americans shouldn't let blackface become their #MeToo movement, writes columnist Dahleen Glanton.

Trump's attack on socialism is no help to capitalism

Attacking proposed government programs as socialist is a confession of intellectual bankruptcy, writes columnist Steve Chapman.

Our unfolding political scandal is timed perfectly for real reform

Chicago's latest corruption scandal comes at an ideal time to get the mayoral candidates firmly on the record about aldermanic privilege/prerogative, which many see as the key element in decades of political corruption, writes columnist Eric Zorn.

A 1-year-old shot in the head should be the only issue that matters to Chicago voters

When I write about a child who's a year old, I shouldn't have to worry about whether the present tense — "he is 1 year old" — might soon change to the past. But this is Chicago, and Chase is on life support after a bullet pierced his grandmother's SUV. Gun violence should be THE issue, writes columnist Rex Huppke.

The latest from editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis

 

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