Opinion Columns
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Family secretsJul 24, 2010 11:00 pm - I must have been 12 years old when my mother took me aside to tell me she had been married to another man before my father. I was stunned, shocked and, yes, ashamed. In ...
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Kagan's path to the Supreme Court signifies the changing of timesJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Buoyed by a 13-6 vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee, Elena Kagan is on her way to the Supreme Court. The talk in Washington is what the impending elevation of the fo...
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Yes, there's hope for the future: Meet our internsJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - So, the golf buddies are walking toward their shots, shooting the breeze. One mentions someone's daughter is about to enter college, planning to study journalism. "Oh, r...
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Alvin Greene's 'ordinary' journey to S.C. officeJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - It is often said that there are no new stories, just different ways of telling the same ones. Familiar plots persist through literature: man versus nature, "rags to rich...
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Other momentous news deserves, gets big playJul 21, 2010 11:00 pm - So much momentous news. For a year, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich won't shut up about his day in court. Then suddenly he says he doesn't need it. A strike halts major cons...
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Republicans whose budgets are workingJul 20, 2010 11:00 pm - The co-chairs of President Obama's Debt and Deficit Commission painted a gloomy picture of the economy when they appeared at the closing session of the National Governor...
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Barack Obama, introduce yourselfJul 20, 2010 11:00 pm - On Sunday, The New York Times assembled 15 savants and asked them, "How Can Obama Rebound?" Good question. Not only do six out of 10 voters "lack faith in the president ...
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Silent immigration 'reform'Jul 19, 2010 11:00 pm - The Obama administration thinks it has discovered a kinder and gentler way to remove illegal immigrants from the workplace. Instead of rounding them up, the administrati...
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Blago's trial: a few observationsJul 18, 2010 11:00 pm - For true connoisseurs of Illinois/Chicago politics the Rod Blagojevich trial is the greatest show on earth. I have witnessed a good chunk of the proceedings and would li...
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Be ready for Obama's next actJul 18, 2010 11:00 pm - In the political marketplace, there's now a run on Obama shares. The left is disappointed with the president. Independents are abandoning him in droves. And the right is...