Opinion Columns
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A 'framework' seriously bentSep 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Just how corrupt is the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan? It should be clear by now that President Hamid Karzai doesn't want us to know. He'd prefer that we just ke...
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A right turn for Obama's next phaseSep 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Nov. 2 is likely to be marked as the official start of Phase Two of the Obama presidency, but in some respects, the turn to the right that will mark his tenure became vi...
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Suburban restaurateur bares his soulSep 09, 2010 11:00 pm - I've never met the man, but I've always liked Dick Portillo. I mean, the up-by-the-boostraps story - poor upbringing, opens a hot dog stand in a 6-by-12-foot trailer, be...
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Weighing free speech, safety of troopsSep 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Here's a really bad idea: Burn the Quran to send a message. Exactly what message is being sent is a matter of some debate. The 50-member "Dove World Outreach Center" and...
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Telling of some stories relies on readers' reasonSep 08, 2010 11:00 pm - I have talked in this space in the past about ubiquitous news stories whose origins cannot be divined or explained but which must be followed because people have become ...
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A president defined by othersSep 07, 2010 11:00 pm - One of the unintended results of the redecoration of the Oval Office was the downsizing of Barack Obama. In last week's prime-time address to the nation, the president s...
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What true revival looks likeSep 07, 2010 11:00 pm - In calling for a spiritual revival in America at his Lincoln Memorial rally Aug. 28, talk show host Glenn Beck reached back into history and touched on a familiar theme....
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Parties mean little in governors' racesSep 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Professional partisans see every race as a mark on their team's scoreboard. But these activists err in treating the win of a state governorship and U.S. Senate seat as s...
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The overgrown environmentalism eraSep 06, 2010 11:00 pm - The collapsing crusade for legislation to combat climate change raises a question: Has ever a political movement made so little of so many advantages? Its implosion has ...
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Campaigns still lacking in substanceSep 05, 2010 11:00 pm - In a midterm election year, Labor Day usually kicks off Illinois' nonstop campaign season. Normally, candidates offer their platform and plans to deal with state policy ...