Opinion Columns
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Changes in the family never easy, even in businessAug 11, 2013 5:00 am - When The Washington Post Writers Group came courting several years ago, inviting me to join the company’s syndicate, I remember well the pitch: We’re a family. By then I...
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A ‘people’s contest’ for fair opportunityAug 09, 2013 5:00 am - With the Civil War raging, Abraham Lincoln addressed the U.S. Congress on July 4, 1861, and talked about the stakes involved: “This is essentially a people’s contest. O...
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Only the cheated on can understand such betrayalAug 07, 2013 5:00 am - Linda cheated on me. It happened the night before we were planning to go away for the weekend. In the morning I called her place but there was no answer. I called again ...
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Recalling all mavericksAug 07, 2013 5:00 am - As congressional leaders depart the nation’s capital for a much-deserved five-week break, it is with a sense of relief and pride in accomplishment: A grand bargain budge...
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The GOP flips the script on ObamaAug 06, 2013 5:00 am - Republicans need to make up their minds: Is President Obama a socialist or a corporate stooge? “The president claims his economic agenda is for the middle class. But it’...
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Where was Quinn’s veto pen on voting issues?Aug 06, 2013 5:00 am - Reboot Illinois is all about reform in Illinois government, and nothing is better for improving government than a large and active electorate. So the bill signed recentl...
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Will GOP faction rescue fading Obamacare?Aug 04, 2013 5:00 am - At its birth, the Affordable Care Act already seems gray, wheezing and gouty. For all its expressions of confidence, the Obama administration has been unable to implemen...
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Pope has a message for allAug 04, 2013 5:00 am - “The only way to survive here is to become a drug dealer. The lucky ones drive cabs and don’t have to,” Donovan explained to me. He is groundskeeper at Our Lady of Fati...
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St. Charles runner, Lombard walker should inspire us allAug 04, 2013 5:00 am - Actual official company email sent by me on a Saturday to staff writer James Fuller: “Jim ... Just read your story on Steve Spear and had to tell you what a nice job yo...
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New law just a start for paralyzed athletesAug 02, 2013 5:00 am - Effective July 1, schools in Illinois are required to insure student athletes. Getting to this point has been a long, hard struggle, leading to a big event this Sunday,...