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Opinion

Opinion | Jim Muir

Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir bids a fond farewell

Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir bids a fond farewell

May 20, 2016

Muir: Another election year ... another coal bill

Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: Another election year ... another coal bill

May 13, 2016

Muir: Cornucopia of thoughts

Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: Cornucopia of thoughts

May 6, 2016

Muir: Hey Hollywood ... Alzheimers is not funny

Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: Hey Hollywood ... Alzheimers is not funny

Apr 29, 2016

Muir: 'Identify as' ... magic words in the 21st Century

Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: 'Identify as' ... magic words in the 21st Century

Apr 22, 2016

Muir: Same old plan — tax and spend

Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: Same old plan — tax and spend

Apr 15, 2016

Muir: The wonderful days of hating sunset

Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: The wonderful days of hating sunset

Apr 8, 2016

Muir: Two X chromosomes provide huge advantage

Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: Two X chromosomes provide huge advantage

Apr 1, 2016

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Jim Muir

Opinion | Jim Muir

Where's the Democrats' turnaround agenda

Jan 30, 2016

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Opinion | Jim Muir

Trapped in phone system purgatory

Jan 23, 2016

Jim Muir

Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: Profanity a sure way to show ignorance

Jan 16, 2016

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Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: Now, what in tarnation does that mean?

Jan 9, 2016

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Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: Gearing up for an election year - get the hip boots ready

Jan 1, 2016

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Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: A new calendar - a new year

Dec 26, 2015

Muir: At Christmas, no hiding place is safe

Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: At Christmas, no hiding place is safe

Dec 19, 2015

Muir: On life and death belowground

Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: On life and death belowground

Dec 12, 2015

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Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: Shootings a sign of cultural decline

Dec 5, 2015

Jim Muir

Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: When a column hits home

Nov 28, 2015

Muir: Five years 'clean and sober'

Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: Five years 'clean and sober'

Nov 21, 2015

Muir: Tail wagging the dog at Mizzou

Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: Tail wagging the dog at Mizzou

Nov 14, 2015

Muir: Disruptive students hold all of the cards

Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: Disruptive students hold all of the cards

Nov 7, 2015

Muir: A blast from Illinois’s corrupt past

Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: A blast from Illinois’s corrupt past

Oct 31, 2015

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Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: Madigan keeps writing fiction

Oct 24, 2015

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Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: A fall love affair

Oct 17, 2015

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Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: Mass shootings mirror moral decline

Oct 10, 2015

Jim Muir

Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: You pay for your raising

Oct 3, 2015

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Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: Following the blind into ruin

Sep 26, 2015

Jim Muir

Opinion | Jim Muir

Muir: So many signs

Sep 19, 2015