Opinion Columns
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Don't help the terroristsJul 29, 2015 1:00 am - After five American soldiers were murdered in Chattanooga, Tennessee, by a deranged Muslim gunman, the nation reacted with anger, shock and fear. "Little did I know that...
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Strategy, not tactics, is next president's top jobJul 28, 2015 1:00 am - By chance, in the withering summer heat, I came across an article by Dr. Henry Kissinger in the Harvard Gazette of last May. In an era when Gen. George C. Marshall, who ...
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Are Democrats coronating a wounded queen?Jul 28, 2015 1:00 am - The most surprising revelation in recent presidential polling is not that Donald Trump has low favorability in key states - a welcome indicator of national sanity - but ...
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More 2016 candidates embrace the Trump ZeitgeistJul 26, 2015 6:55 am - Since announcing his 2016 White House bid, Donald Trump has been the central focus of the campaign - by one estimate, he has garnered almost 40 percent of all election c...
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Elgin Tower battles for survivalJul 25, 2015 5:30 am - The iconic Elgin Tower Building reminds me of the Daily Planet, where Clark Kent worked. With 15 stories and 186-feet-tall stands above all else in downtown Elgin. The a...
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Rick Perry emerges as a responsible voiceJul 24, 2015 5:33 am - In the early days of the 2016 Republican campaign - an unusually important period, in which the viability of the GOP is being defended against a toxic form of populism -...
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We just can't stop watching the Trump showJul 24, 2015 5:08 am - WASHINGTON - Donald Trump can't help himself. Nor can we. The "worse" he gets, it seems, the better we like it. Watching Trump is so deliciously awful, we don't hang on ...
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When the media plays by 'Clinton rules'Jul 23, 2015 6:00 am - Having coined the phrase “Clinton Rules” to explain the national news media's obsession with phony scandal narratives involving Bill and Hillary Clinton, I should be gra...
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Despite vulgarity, thank you Donald TrumpJul 23, 2015 5:00 am - I think Americans are being a little unfair to Donald Trump. Oh sure, he brags tiresomely about his money and his women, and he couldn't tell a Mexican from a San Blas I...
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A modest proposal for humanityJul 22, 2015 5:53 am - In his satirical solution to Ireland's prolific poor, especially among Catholics whose fish diet was thought to enhance fertility, Jonathan Swift suggested a new menu it...