Opinion Columns
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A fight for Israel's existenceJul 23, 2014 1:01 am - Israel fought its first war, in 1948, against five Arab nations - Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan - as well as the Palestinians. In the prediction of the fairly n...
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America the heartlessJul 22, 2014 5:01 am - Before it's too late, Americans need to turn their attention back to the children. The lost children of Central America have themselves gotten lost in the fog of debate ...
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Corrupting citizens for fun and profitJul 20, 2014 5:01 am - Two of the larger social trends of our time - the growth of payday gambling and the legalization of marijuana - have two things in common: They are justified as the expa...
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Heroic cabbie, oil change guys and CODJul 20, 2014 1:00 am - Some opinions require lots of words and elaboration. This is my Sunday Soapbox, not-so-briefly-stated commentary from one Daily Herald editor, shamelessly stolen from th...
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American dream out of reach for too manyJul 18, 2014 5:00 am - June 2 was my last day of work. It's been only five months since I joined the global marketing team of a respected, multinational technology company based in the Chicago...
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It's who they are, not what they sayJul 17, 2014 5:01 am - Talons drawn, the media have descended upon Chelsea Clinton. Again. Not for her frizzy hair, now smoothed with a killer blowout, or for that preteen metal mouth, now bra...
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Display pages keep art in the joy of newspaper readingJul 17, 2014 1:00 am - What caught my attention was the headline for Wednesday's Food section: SIPPING AWAY ... SUMMER DAYS ... and the pleasant, break-a-few-rules design. The words sipping an...
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When it comes to gossip, some conservatives will buy anythingJul 16, 2014 5:01 am - They had a term for her, but I've forgotten it. It was a name applied to a person who could not say no to a door-to-door salesman. The one I remember from my brief caree...
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Cold and calculating on immigrationJul 16, 2014 5:01 am - Whenever President Obama acts unilaterally on immigration reform - and it's not often enough - the reactions on both the right and the left are so predictable. Conservat...
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Highway Trust Fund needs a solution for the long haulJul 15, 2014 5:01 am - Once again, Congress needs to act - this time to renew the Federal Highway Trust Fund, created in 1956 to help construct and fund our nation's roadways, bridges, tunnels...