Opinion Columns
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Seeking mutual respect amid conflictMay 15, 2015 5:00 am - The sign of a first-rate intelligence, according to F. Scott Fitzgerald, is “the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the abi...
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Why did Republicans cave in to delusional paranoia?May 15, 2015 5:00 am - The real news isn't that many Texans seemingly subscribe to an apocalyptic, delusional worldview that has them convinced that a U.S. Army training exercise called “Jade ...
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Numbers put COD reputation in perspectiveMay 14, 2015 1:00 am - Notwithstanding recent controversies caused by actions at both the College of DuPage president and board level, the public has been led to believe that COD is the "premi...
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Only COD's name is diminished, not its qualityMay 14, 2015 1:00 am - It was a night he would not forget. Bill Hillmann had been adrift, ambivalent about pursuing a career in physics, when he signed up for a course in short fiction at Coll...
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First lady's critics have much to learnMay 12, 2015 1:00 am - Sometimes I think that Rush Limbaugh is the dumbest man in America. This happens whenever I take him at face value and forget that he is basically an entertainer with co...
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Speech abuse is counter-productive against terrorismMay 12, 2015 1:00 am - The recent spectacle of Pamela Geller, the erstwhile journalist who organized a provocative Prophet Muhammad cartoon-drawing contest in Texas, gives pause to even the mo...
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A pastor's faith in BaltimoreMay 12, 2015 1:00 am - BALTIMORE - Upstairs in the church office of Bethel A.M.E. Church, located several blocks from recent rioting, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake waits for a news conference...
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Jobs, environment speak to need to protect nuclear powerMay 11, 2015 1:00 am - Springfield is buzzing with hearings and lobbying efforts on the future of energy in Illinois, spurred by the recent introduction of two bills in the Illinois legislatur...
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The daily inspiration of capeless heroMay 10, 2015 1:00 am - I am 15 years old, and I believe heroes are found only in comic books or on the big screen. These figures of achievement and success glorify good deeds and bravery. Thei...
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The Supreme Court's two not-so-magic words on state pensionsMay 10, 2015 1:00 am - The Illinois Supreme Court's pension reform decision Friday runs 15,000 words, but its message to state government can be summed up in two: Pay up. In their unanimous ru...