Opinion Columns
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Hispanics now sit squarely in a difficult conversationJul 24, 2013 5:00 am - Now that the George Zimmerman murder trial is over, let’s hope we’ve heard the last of the awkward term “white Hispanic.” For the most part, it is a media concoction tha...
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Obama’s necessary, uncreative speechJul 22, 2013 12:50 pm - Eight American presidents owned slaves while living in the White House. President Zachary Taylor pledged that his fellow slave-owners would “appeal to the sword if neces...
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Editor Gruff, pipelines and our Fox River seriesJul 21, 2013 5:00 am - Remember that gruff first editor of mine? Here’s another story, courtesy of him, about the Fox River. In the late ’70s and early ’80s, the suburbs were desperate for new...
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The road to bedlamJul 18, 2013 5:00 am - It is easy to understand how everyone in the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case feels. If I were Martin’s mother, I’d want his killer’s heart on a platter. If I were Z...
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No hidden agenda in our approach to controversyJul 18, 2013 5:00 am - Controversy finds its way into the print and electronic pages of the Daily Herald primarily in two ways. It's incorrect to say we go out looking to start fights, but if,...
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Blinded under a hoodieJul 17, 2013 5:00 am - I don’t like what George Zimmerman did and I hate that Trayvon Martin is dead. But I also can understand why Zimmerman was suspicious and why he thought Martin was weari...
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In Israel, no silver liningsJul 17, 2013 5:00 am - THE GOLAN HEIGHTS — The abandoned Circassian village of Zureiman provides a vantage point across the fortified Israeli border into Syria. Regime forces hold an area from...
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The GOP’s principled suicideJul 16, 2013 10:26 am - Republicans seem to be adopting the self-immolation tactics of principled martyrs. Of course, principled or not, you’re still dead in the end. At this stage in the seco...
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A conversation we all need to haveJul 15, 2013 1:32 pm - Is this what they mean by a death watch? The father of his country, a moral icon to the world, lies in a hospital bed as cameras wait outside and newspaper headlines off...
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A conversation we all need to haveJul 15, 2013 11:41 am - Is this what they mean by a death watch? The father of his country, a moral icon to the world, lies in a hospital bed as cameras wait outside and newspaper headlines off...