Opinion Columns
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The Great Campaign of 2010Oct 30, 2010 11:00 pm - In a radio interview that aired Monday on Univision, President Obama chided Latinos who “sit out the election instead of saying, ‘We're gonna punish our enemies and we'r...
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Hail the American work ethicOct 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Whenever I visit Italy, France or elsewhere in dolce vita Europe, I go: “Oooh! Aren't these cheeses wonderful? Ahh! Look how fit and well-dressed everyone is. Oh! If onl...
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Both parties lack voices of expertise on the economyOct 27, 2010 11:00 pm - I have this strange feeling that we are about to be badly misled about the political climate in this country. We are going to look at the returns on the biggest Republic...
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Anger hanging in the vaporsOct 26, 2010 11:00 pm - The tea party has no leader. It has no address, no phone and no Washington headquarters. It is everywhere and nowhere. For Barack Obama, the tea party is the quintessent...
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Hang on to friendship despite her bratty kidsOct 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Q. I have a dear friend who's loving, thoughtful and generous. Unfortunately, she spoils her kids rotten and, as such, has created a couple of monsters. Her daughters, a...
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U.S., Britain need willpower for spending dietOct 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Thirty-six years ago when he first ran for Congress, Texas obstetrician Ron Paul rented billboards depicting a seriously obese Uncle Sam with the caption: “Put Big Gover...
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Britain's austerity modelOct 25, 2010 1:00 am - The most important political news last week came from across the Atlantic, where the coalition government of British Prime Minister David Cameron ordered an austerity bu...
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Politically correct radioOct 25, 2010 1:00 am - “There is nothing more painful to me at this stage of my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery then look around and ...
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The bad guys behind stalled foreclosuresOct 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Don't blame the lawyers. The crisis over faulty or fraudulent paperwork in mortgage foreclosures which is either a big deal or a humongous deal, depending on which expe...
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Tricks and treats from the scary state of politicsOct 23, 2010 11:00 pm - TRICK: Even though Lisa Madigan says that she has no plans to run for Chicago mayor and will happily continue serving as Illinois attorney general after winning re-...