Opinion Columns
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The Ukraine: Back to the futureApr 01, 2014 5:01 am - Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to be doing his best to see that the world moves back into the future. He is a man of contradictory beliefs, saying he seeks no re...
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Lighten up on the first ladyApr 01, 2014 5:01 am - The past couple of weeks have marked a turning point in American ugliness as the mob has turned its full fury on first lady Michelle Obama. From criticism of her trip to...
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Political skills for divine purposesMar 30, 2014 5:01 am - When a pope meets a president - and the Vicar of Christ gets pulled into political coverage - trivialization ensues. As a reporter, I covered the St. Louis meeting betwe...
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Abusive patent lawsuits hurting new businessesMar 28, 2014 5:01 am - In Chicago we're fortunate to have many strong startups, supported by our city's collaborative workspaces like 1871, TechWeek and a supportive city hall. Unfortunately, ...
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Dershowitz & Starr: A matter of principleMar 27, 2014 5:01 am - When it comes to tackling complicated legal issues, one would be hard-pressed to conjure a less likely partnership than Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz and Baylor ...
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The election is not quite overMar 27, 2014 5:01 am - Democrats are reeling. They're playing defense, not offense. Their loss in a Florida election for a vacant House seat - in a district President Obama carried twice - was...
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Congress must be repaired from withinMar 26, 2014 5:01 am - These are hard times for Congress. Its approval ratings have seen a bump from their historic lows of a few months ago, but it's a small one. Our representative democracy...
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One can be the deadliest numberMar 26, 2014 5:01 am - "'Sophie, Sophie, don't die! Stay alive for the children,' the dying Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand urged his wife as she slumped over him in the open-topped sports c...
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For the pope, it's primarily about the soulMar 25, 2014 5:01 am - This week's meeting between Pope Francis and President Obama holds great promise in a time of turmoil, though not necessarily in the ways some may hope. In anticipation...
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Can Obama rise to Carter's level?Mar 23, 2014 5:01 am - As Winston Churchill might have said, the battle for Crimea is over. The battle for the idea of Europe is about to begin. Russia - as one might expect from an espiocrac...