Opinion Columns
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'Witness Blumenthal' subjected to Benghazi beatingJul 07, 2015 1:00 am - Sometime soon, the House Select Committee on Benghazi will vote on whether to release the testimony of Sidney Blumenthal who, let us make no bones about it, is solemnly ...
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The high stakes of Congress' Iran momentJul 07, 2015 1:00 am - On the morning of April 14, speaking to a meeting of about 55 senators, Secretary of State John Kerry argued against passage of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, cl...
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Testing alone won't solve high school alcohol and drug abuse problemsJul 06, 2015 1:00 am - We hear often of professional athletes who struggle with drug and alcohol abuse issues. But in almost every situation, these players did not suddenly turn pro and develo...
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Davis: WWII vet's death puts life, work into perspectiveJul 05, 2015 1:00 am - This letter, which brought tears to the eyes of staff writer Jessica Cilella, could not explain better why so many of us do what we do in this business. Here are some ke...
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Michelle Obama's second-term evolutionJul 05, 2015 1:00 am - First-term first ladies are often shadows to their more-important husbands, dabbling in light fare to avoid criticism and picking safe projects to shield them and their ...
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Don't give up on reforms for schools in povertyJul 03, 2015 1:00 am - Editor's note: WBEZ reporter Linda Lutton and editor Cate Cahan wrote a response to Dell'Angela's guest column. Click here to read it. Let's start with what we all...
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Religious and gay rights must coexistJul 02, 2015 1:00 am - It is often the fate of conservatives to be concerned about the fire code and occupancy limit at someone else's party. Never more conspicuously than concerning the Supre...
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Why do we persist in blundering into war?Jul 02, 2015 1:00 am - When another dramatic story sprang out of Iraq recently — that ISIS reduced the flow of water through a dam on the Euphrates to shrink the river and give them easier acc...
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GOP searches for strategy to counter Obama winning streakJun 30, 2015 1:00 am - Republicans have tried to pin the lame duck label on President Obama for quite a while now. But for a lame duck, Obama is doing pretty well. He won on Obamacare. He won ...
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Why the Charleston shooter was a failureJun 30, 2015 1:00 am - Has any murdering terrorist ever failed more dramatically than Dylann Storm Roof? Like any punk with a gun, he managed to slaughter nine blameless African-American Chris...