Opinion Columns
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In decline and denialMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Early this month, Barack Obama went down to Louisiana to eyeball the possible damage from the blowout of BP's exploded oil rig, keep the cleanup crews on their toes - no...
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Outlawing Latinos' heritageMay 17, 2010 11:00 pm - At least we don't have to pretend anymore. Arizona's passing of that mean-spirited new immigration law wasn't about high-minded principle or the need to maintain public ...
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What is the law?May 16, 2010 11:00 pm - We are told by no less than President Obama and supporters of his nominee to the Supreme Court, Elena Kagan, that she "loves the law." I love my cat, but what does lovin...
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Protectors of Pagano's Metra: The Way to Really Hide?May 16, 2010 11:00 pm - "Metra. The Way to Really Hide." That jingle would be appear to have been apropos for some top employees at Chicago's commuter rail agency in the wake of the latest publ...
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Sexism takes the stageMay 16, 2010 11:00 pm - I'd like to believe it's the arrival of spring or maybe just the general decline in civility and common sense that seems to always be in the air in Washington. But it's ...
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Europe's lack of disciplineMay 15, 2010 11:00 pm - When Chancellor Angela Merkel decided that Germany would pay part of Greece's bills, voters punished her party in elections in Germany's most populous state, North Rhine...
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Modernizing Miranda: a new consensus?May 15, 2010 11:00 pm - It's not often that I agree with Attorney General Eric Holder. But, then again, it's not often that Holder publicly embraces an anti-terrorism measure I proposed 48 hour...
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On the little spat between the mayor and the aldermanMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - The first online post after our Thursday follow-up story to the dust-up between Aurora Mayor Tom Weisner and Fourth Ward Alderman Rick Lawrence was an eye-catcher. "The ...
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Gender, geography and the courtMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - The magnificent author and son of the Great Santini, Pat Conroy, began "The Prince of Tides" with these words: "My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port o...
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Gulf shrimpers had economic interests, tooMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - A pile of beautiful Gulf shrimp beckoned from the fish counter, and I thought, better buy them soon. Louisiana shrimpers are now trying to grab all they can get before t...