Opinion Columns
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What now for Republicans?Mar 19, 2012 5:00 am - Rick Santorum deserves credit for his impressive primary victories in Mississippi and Alabama. Newt Gingrich led us to believe he would win both states. He didn’t, but h...
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Rising gas prices don’t hurt like they used toMar 19, 2012 5:00 am - Here’s why I’m not panicked about rising gasoline prices, as many headlines suggest we all should be. It’s a personal story. Let me start at the beginning. The automotiv...
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Deported, and now childlessMar 18, 2012 5:00 am - Wasteful, senseless and cruel. How better to describe the ridiculous battle that Felipe Montes is waging to be reunited with his three U.S.-born children? Since his depo...
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Danada horse tiff shows there are 3 sides to a storyMar 18, 2012 5:00 am - Apparently, there are two factions among the people who volunteer at the Danada Equestrian Center in Wheaton, run by the DuPage Forest Preserve District. One group had a...
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Catholics, contraceptives and John LockeMar 18, 2012 5:00 am - It is extraordinary how far some will go to knit the random scraps and patches of events into the quilt of a narrative. So the Susan B. Komen controversy, resistance to ...
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After Snowe, is Brown next?Mar 16, 2012 1:00 am - To many New Englanders, Olympia Snowe had come to resemble Marilyn of “The Munsters” TV family. The senator from Maine seemed a normal Northeast Republican surrounded by...
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Those pesky things called lawsMar 16, 2012 1:00 am - Two policies of the Obama administration illustrate an axiom: As government expands, its lawfulness contracts. Consider the administration’s desire to continue funding ...
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Voting is 'Plan Only,' and we have duty to helpMar 15, 2012 5:00 am - In general, I don't reply or post comments to stories at dailyherald.com. I don't like to intrude on what is intended as an open forum for the broader community. But thi...
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Wrong focus pushing women away from GOPMar 15, 2012 1:00 am - Introducing her husband on Super Tuesday night, Ann Romney said women this election season are interested in jobs, the economy and the debt. Translation: So could we shu...
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Changing tactics, not their dreamsMar 14, 2012 12:15 pm - The weariness first started showing as provocative comments popped up here and there on social media sites and news story feedback sections: “Just as dehumanizing as usi...