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Saturday, April 20, 2024

Don Rose

Contributor

Don Rose is veteran Chicago journalist and an independent political consultant who specializes in progressive candidates. He writes a weekly column for the Chicago Daily Observer.

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Columnists
Most depressing news about the bombing of Gaza: 72% of Israelis think it ended too soon
The only real way to defeat Hamas is to negotiate civil and land rights for all Palestinians.
By Don Rose
 
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Other Views
Joe Biden tries on FDR’s and LBJ’s shoes for size
The new president’s American Rescue Act is landmark legislation, close in importance to FDR’s Social Security Act and LBJ’s Medicare Act, the great socialist achievements of the last century.
By Don Rose
 
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Politics
The real reason Republicans keep saying the election was stolen
It’s not about staying on the right side of the former president. It’s about creating an excuse to pass laws that block fair elections the next time around
By Don Rose
 
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Columnists
Reopening Chicago’s schools during the peak of the pandemic is a dangerous folly
There is no question that large numbers of teachers will be put at risk needlessly — and the threat goes beyond teachers. Kids and their families will be at risk as well.
By Don Rose
 
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Columnists
A nice war as reelection strategy
What about President Donald Trump’s self-acknowledged superb negotiating skills? Might he not have tried negotiating with Iran as he has with North Korea? Just asking.
By Don Rose
 
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Other Views
Unholy centennial of 1919 Race Riots finds a city still fighting for justice
Since then, and up to this very day, racism and its unholy companion, xenophobia, have been defining elements in Chicago’s culture
By Don Rose
 
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Other Views
Every time I visited, I inhaled history: A Chicagoan’s tribute to Notre Dame
I have been going to Paris since 1954, and it was the first monument this Jewish kid sought out.
By Don Rose
 
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News
When principles collide, it’s hard to know right answer
One case was resolved in favor of socio-political fairness, the other for artistic freedom.
By Don Rose
 
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News
Sometimes ‘cultural appropriation’ is the sincerest form of flattery
In this still unmelted melting pot of the USA we share and assimilate many aspects of each others’ cultures, from arts to eats.
By Don Rose