Opinion Columns
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The problem with multiculturalismFeb 14, 2011 11:00 pm - One of liberalism's many problems is that once an idea or program is proved wrong and unworkable, liberals rarely acknowledge their mistake and examine the root cause of...
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Flunking our futureFeb 14, 2011 10:00 pm - The best teacher in America was in Washington over the weekend. So was the best principal. I cannot name these individuals because they are early in their careers, and t...
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From freedom agenda to a new freedom doctrineFeb 13, 2011 11:00 pm - Today, everyone and his cousin supports the “freedom agenda.” Of course, yesterday it was just George W. Bush, Tony Blair and a band of neocons with unusual hypnotic pow...
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On immigration, actions louder than wordsFeb 13, 2011 11:00 pm - In the last presidential election, Barack Obama marketed himself to Latino voters as a kinder and gentler response to the immigration policies of George W. Bush. For exa...
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GOP establishment the odd man outFeb 13, 2011 11:00 pm - I'm told sociologists discovered that when three people are together that two of the three will bond — leaving the third person as the “odd man out.” When three people g...
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The drama, danger of revolutionsFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - In the first days of the demonstrations in Egypt, almost everyone I know was glued to their television. Many of them were caught up in what they saw as the romanticism o...
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Tanks vs. TwitterFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - It is hard to think largely about the sweep of events when one is reacting instantaneously to breaking . . . tweets. Now there's a sentence one couldn't have imagined wr...
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The long, bumpy road ahead for EgyptFeb 11, 2011 11:00 pm - For the jubilant revolutionaries of Egypt, now comes the hard part: dismantling the system of coercion, cronyism and corruption that sustained President Hosni Mubarak's ...
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The GOP's defense dilemmaFeb 11, 2011 11:00 pm - Tall, affable Buck McKeon sits, gavel in hand, at the turbulent intersection of two conflicting Republican tendencies. The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee...
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Tweet will show that I'm not just a twitFeb 10, 2011 12:00 am - I thought I was being funny, but a member of my staff figured I was just clueless. I sent this note announcing my whereabouts on Thursday morning: “DuPage Staff ... I wi...