Opinion Columns
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The tea fragger partyJul 31, 2011 3:00 am - Fragging: “To intentionally kill or wound (one’s superior officer, etc.), esp. with a hand grenade.” Take names. Remember them. The behavior of certain Republica...
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What the Oslo killer ‘wanted’ doesn’t matterJul 29, 2011 3:00 am - “What did the Oslo killer want?” asks one of many irritating headlines over the weekend. The Norwegian terrorist suspect, Anders Behring Breivik, called for a number of ...
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The strange death of domestic policyJul 29, 2011 3:00 am - This week the fiscal crisis was momentarily interrupted for a public service announcement. The Pew Research Center issued a report showing that the racial disparity in ...
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Stand by your manJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - The headlines on the Drudge Report make it sound worse than it is: “Blacks, liberals flee in droves.” And underneath: “Sanders (that’s Bernie Sanders, the Independent fr...
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Teachers learning the drillJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - An elite group of teachers across the country is finishing the last grueling days of a hard-core, brain-splitting, tear-inducing boot camp in science, technology, engine...
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Reporting skills play key role in news photographyJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - News stories are born in many different ways. Some just occur. Wars. Floods. Pestilence. Crimes, On rare occasions in Chicago, major professional sports championships. S...
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GOP must be careful with 10th amendmentJul 27, 2011 5:00 am - It is Gov. Rick Perry's main appeal as a presidential candidate that 48 percent of the nation's job creation during the recovery has come in Texas. But his main message ...
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Headaches are the least of GOP’s worriesJul 27, 2011 5:00 am - For a second, I could not believe my eyes. I saw a headline, or at least I thought I did, which went like this: “Pawlenty Questions Bachmann’s Fitness.” I rose out of my...
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Get used to stalematesJul 26, 2011 5:00 am - Leading up to the 2012 election, both political parties have trouble with their bases. Republicans must contend with The Dissatisfied, and Democrats with The Disappointe...
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Confessions of a hoarder of light bulbsJul 24, 2011 3:00 pm - I have a horrible confession to make. I’m an environmentalist who’s been hoarding old incandescent light bulbs before they become illegal in January. But it was all unne...