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EDITORIAL: ITT missteps sowed fate

The Obama administration wasn’t picking on for-profit education companies to be obstinate—it had real concerns that the sector’s expensive diplomas too often left students awash in debt while failing to properly prepare them for gainful employment.

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EDITORIAL: Liquor laws fail us again

The battle between a Monarch Beverage Co. affiliate and liquor wholesalers in the state is the latest reminder that the Legislature should bring into the modern era state statutes that govern the sale of alcoholic beverages.

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Virtual reality’s increasing grip on how we live

Since the 1990s, we’ve seen two broad social changes that few observers would have expected to happen together. First, youth culture has become less violent, less promiscuous and more responsible. Childhood in the United States is safer than ever before. Teenagers drink and smoke less than previous generations did. The millennial generation has fewer sexual […]

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A stand against political correctness in Chicago

We have gotten so used to seeing college presidents caving in to so many outrageous demands from gangs of bullying students that it is a long overdue surprise to see that at least one major university has shown some backbone. Dr. Robert J. Zimmer, president of the University of Chicago, has spoken out in the […]

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