Opinion Stories from August 3, 2011 (Change date)
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Southwest posts 2Q profit of $161 millionAug 05, 2011 1:15 am - DALLAS — Southwest Airlines is making more money than it did a year ago because of higher fares and the acquisition of AirTran Airways. But fuel costs are up 64 percent ...
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Put down your cell; watch for workersAug 03, 2011 3:01 am - Welcome to the construction season in a town near you. During the summer months bridges and roads are being repaired or replaced, the parkway grass and trees are getting...
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Obama’s lack of experience showingAug 03, 2011 3:01 am - There were many who felt Barack Obama wasn’t qualified to be president of the United States. You can include our current vice president and secretary of state among thos...
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Who will save planet if not us?Aug 03, 2011 3:01 am - I am a Columbia College Chicago student and like many students my age I see solutions to the urgent climate crisis being pushed aside by our politicians and media in fav...
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Re-election is all Obama wantsAug 03, 2011 3:01 am - Many people are being fooled by the debate between the White House and the congressional Republicans. Yes, they are talking about the debt ceiling and spending reduction...
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GOP wants to end Medicare, Social SecurityAug 03, 2011 3:01 am - So here we were, on the brink of default as the Republican-controlled House of Representatives holds the country hostage to a far right group of ideologues that would re...
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A hold-your-nose deal on debtAug 03, 2011 3:01 am - It’s supremely galling. It’s unbalanced, unfair and mostly unwise. For President Obama and the Democratic Party, it’s a comprehensive defeat. But it’s not the end of the...
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Too dysfunctional to leadAug 03, 2011 3:01 am - Over lunch with columnists a month ago, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid precisely predicted the future course of the debt-limit debate. Democrats, he said, would not a...
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No curtain call for debt ceiling charadeAug 03, 2011 3:01 am - It is high time alert citizens close the curtain of falsely dichotomous political theater with respect to the fire alarm gimmick known as the federal “debt ceiling.” Bot...
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