Opinion Columns
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An effective military is the bottom lineFeb 07, 2010 10:00 pm - Repealing "Don't ask, don't tell" may be the right thing to do, but there's only one reason to do it: military effectiveness. Yet, repeatedly, we hear the argument that ...
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212,902 reasons Cohen shouldn't have quitFeb 07, 2010 10:00 pm - There are 212,902 reasons that Scott Lee Cohen should have been left alone. That is the number of Illinois Democrats who voted for him to be their lieutenant governor ca...
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Guy who 'gets it' says we have ourselves to blameFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - It's not every day a reporter walks into my office with high praise for a just-interviewed source. Something close to that occurred after staff writer Jake Griffin talke...
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Curious, practical reflections on election coverageFeb 03, 2010 10:00 pm - First, the curious: One question stood out as perhaps the most unanswerable among many. If the current state of political affairs can't do it, what will it take to get p...
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Diversity is everyone's businessFeb 03, 2010 10:00 pm - Diversity is not just a nice thing. It isn't just about fairness or equal opportunity. Diversity is good business, essential business, especially for companies that mark...
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Tone deaf to concerns about terrorismFeb 02, 2010 10:00 pm - There is almost nothing the Obama administration does regarding terrorism that makes me feel safer. Whether it is guaranteeing captured terrorists that they will not be ...
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Abortion goes reality TVFeb 01, 2010 10:00 pm - At first glance, bump-the-show sounds like a reasonable response to "BUMP," the show - a new, faux reality Web-based docudrama featuring actors trying to decide whether ...
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The president and the RepublicansFeb 01, 2010 10:00 pm - President Obama was right to converse with congressional Republicans last Friday in Baltimore. Cynics may label it as political theater, but I suspect the public appreci...
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Challenging the culture of corruptionJan 31, 2010 10:00 pm - When Chicago superlawyer Patrick Collins popped his Achilles in a pickup basketball game a few months ago, I can assure you the first word to come out of his mouth wasn'...
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A missed opportunity on profilingJan 31, 2010 10:00 pm - I, for one, would have liked to have seen President Obama condemn racial and ethnic profiling in his lengthy and otherwise far-reaching State of the Union address. I tho...