Articles filed under Commentary
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U.S. and Mexico both too quick to blame the otherOct 31, 2021 8:08 pm - Americans and Mexicans have more in common than you might imagine, and that's not necessarily a positive thing. People in both countries respond to illegal immigration i...
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Globalization cutting a destructive swath through U.S.Oct 31, 2021 7:58 pm - Despite the harsh partisanship that had begun to infect politics by the 1990s, there was at least one tenet about which mainstream Democrats and Republicans agreed: Glob...
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Trick play by Blagojevich gets stuffed at the lineOct 31, 2021 7:12 pm - Football season is upon us and, as is his wont, Illinois' head coach Rod Blagojevich is calling another political misdirection play. The governor sued House Speaker Mich...
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Perils and pitfalls of a story that makes no one happyOct 31, 2021 7:21 pm - Sometimes, in our quest to do the right thing, we make things worse. Such was the case in a story the other day on one of the touchiest topics we cover -- abortion. It i...
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Some suicides require coverage, but always with sensitivityOct 31, 2021 7:04 pm - Sad though it is, covering tragedy is a mainstay of daily news reporting. When people are injured or die violently, a wide range of factors come into play to make that n...
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Gonzales' critics are wrong; he was the right man for the jobOct 31, 2021 6:52 pm - As a defender of Alberto Gonzales, I was sorry to see him go. And I told him so when I spoke with him Monday after he announced his resignation. Gonzales sounded relieve...
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No doubt about officials' action against ArellanoOct 31, 2021 6:36 pm - When I heard that federal immigration agents had arrested and deported Elvira Arellano, a 32-year-old Mexican citizen who brazenly broke our laws and all but dared U.S. ...
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Petraeus' report may further deepen divisions over the warOct 31, 2021 6:18 pm - Come September, America might slip closer toward a Weimar moment. It would be milder than the original but significantly disagreeable. After the First World War, politic...
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GOP must revitalize reputation as fiscal watchdogsOct 31, 2021 6:04 pm - PORTSTEWART, NORTHERN IRELAND -- Britain's New Labour, despite criticism from Prime Minister Gordon Brown of a government that has grown too fast and costs too much, has...
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Obama is shaping Dems foreign policy debateOct 31, 2021 6:08 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Sen. Barack Obama is getting polite applause at best when he tells the delegates at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention here this week that in ru...