Opinion Columns
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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 ...
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History lessons of immigrationSep 05, 2010 11:00 pm - So the immigration debate has you confused and frustrated? Arnold Torres has it all figured out. "Those of us who have done this before can see every move two steps bef...
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Banned by Illinois State Police, Muslim cleric melds with FBISep 05, 2010 11:00 pm - If they have a "What I Did On My Summer Vacation" contest at the Bridgeview Mosque, Kifah Mustapha will probably win. Sheikh Mustapha, the Imam in charge, was in summer ...
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The ambiguity of war's endSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Now that the Iraq war is over - for U.S. combat troops, at least - only one thing is clear about the outcome: We didn't win. We didn't lose, either, in the sense of bein...
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Extremists mustn't write war's endingSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - In his Oval Office address Tuesday night announcing the end of combat operations in Iraq, President Obama said, "It's time to turn the page" and start focusing on rebuil...
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This victim's impact statement a lesson for allSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - It's known by the clinical-sounding term: "Victim impact statement." Those words belie the power and raw emotion they carry when they're read in court, usually at senten...
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Mad men in a saner timeSep 01, 2010 11:00 pm - "Mad Men" just won its third Emmy for "outstanding drama." If there were a gold statue for "best nostalgic portrayal," the AMC series would have walked off with that one...
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Guidelines help keep letters lively, diverse and localSep 01, 2010 11:00 pm - We've had some lively discussions lately among various Daily Herald editors who deal with our Fence Post letters, so, with the unofficial Labor Day kickoff of the Novemb...
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A modern day Valjean? It could happenAug 31, 2010 11:00 pm - I attended about one-third of Rod Blagojevich's first trial (RB-I). It was educational and entertaining as well as disheartening and at times frightening. In all honesty...
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American dream goes viralAug 30, 2010 11:00 pm - August finally redeemed itself from shark-jumping hysteria with an original, spontaneous, transcendent event - the accidental intersection of one Antoine Dodson, his sis...