Opinion Columns
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Acting ‘stupid’ can be underratedSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - Are Republicans stupid? This seems to be the question du jour. MSNBC’s Chris Matthews entertained this idea with guests recently, pointing to several Republican preside...
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Junk science and HPVSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - Score one for Rick Perry — and one against Michele Bachmann. In a recent Republican debate, Bachmann, plainly in search of some way to break Perry’s newfound hold on mor...
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Global warming is here, all rightSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - Bark beetles and egrets don’t care whether Gov. This or Sen. That believes in global warming. They feel it in their whatevers. Responding to warmer temperatures, plant a...
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The great Ponzi debateSep 19, 2011 6:00 am - The Great Social Security Debate, Proposition 1: Of course it’s a Ponzi scheme. In a Ponzi scheme, the people who invest early get their money out with dividends. But t...
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Where are the compassionate conservatives?Sep 19, 2011 4:45 am - We heard plenty of contradictions, distortions and untruths at the Republican candidates' tea party debate, but we heard shockingly little compassion — and almost no ack...
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Republicans and one fact of lifeSep 18, 2011 5:00 am - If Republican presidential candidates want to debate sexual health and hygiene, it would be nice if they displayed more collective knowledge and judgment than your avera...
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Police drama? It helps if you’re the beholderSep 18, 2011 5:00 am - Many years ago, before I-355 was built, before we covered Lombard, when the Daily Herald’s lone editorial office was in Arlington Heights, I was headed home and stopped ...
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Blunting the effects of video bombardmentSep 18, 2011 5:00 am - In the immortal words of nerve-wracked undersea driving instructor Mrs. Puff: “Oh SpongeBob!” Our favorite gaptoothed sea dweller is in trouble these days. Like high-ca...
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President Obama's follySep 16, 2011 12:00 am - “If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person.” — Bill Clinton Nearly every time President Obama delivers a speec...
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Disapproval, of course, is a relative thingSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - If the 2012 election were held today, Republicans could very well have their heads handed to them. I do not think this alone. Their debt-ceiling high jinks were no doubt...