Opinion Columns
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Sneaking fringe bigotry into national conversationSep 23, 2015 1:00 am - What is the proper response from a prospective president to the question: Is being a Muslim disqualifying for the presidency? Ben Carson answered that he "would not adv...
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Get compostable bags into green conversationSep 22, 2015 11:00 pm - The Chicago ban on plastic bags, implemented Aug. 1, has generated discussion on how consumers and companies trying to conduct business can respect the ban's intent to r...
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Somebody has to win presidential electionSep 22, 2015 5:12 am - Here's a big, bold prediction: Somebody will get elected president next year! It's easy to highlight the negatives of every candidate in the race. Hillary Clinton is too...
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Money quotes from GOP contendersSep 22, 2015 1:00 am - Sometimes what seems the least consequential detail tells the most about a person's character - or at least his or her intentions. Such was the case at the end of Wednes...
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Cost and value at the two-year collegeSep 21, 2015 1:00 am - Last week, the White House announced the rollout of the College Scorecard, which is intended to provide potential students with data on college cost, graduation, debt an...
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Resist temptation to follow Putin into SyriaSep 20, 2015 1:00 am - The Russian thrust into Syria these last two weeks was not the first time the sons of the Volga have interfered militarily for lengthy periods in the Arab world; and the...
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Don't let Iran deal become wedge issueSep 18, 2015 1:00 am - The Iran nuclear deal is complex and there are many legitimate questions and concerns and likewise many significant benefits. It is however quite frustrating to see this...
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'Magnetic migration' has its downsideSep 17, 2015 1:00 am - At first, the pictures from the borders of the Mediterranean Sea are nothing but heartbreaking. Streams of exhausted and hungry people, throwing themselves upon the heal...
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Kim Davis rally showed Huckabee's hidden strengthSep 17, 2015 1:00 am - The case of Kim Davis -- the Kentucky county clerk jailed for refusing to issue gay marriage licenses -- has highlighted a deep cultural gap in the Republican Party. And...
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Merkel, a model AmericanSep 16, 2015 1:00 am - It has come to this: The leading Republican presidential candidate struts like a martinet and has taken on the persona, if not the rhetoric, of a hater, while the leader...