Opinion Columns
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Opening overture has been promisingApr 25, 2009 11:00 pm - As we approach the 100-day mark for the Obama administration, you will hear and see a wide variety of grades for the new president's performance. Remember this. What has...
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Sexting common sense no easy sendApr 23, 2009 11:00 pm - I am sure that Vermonters don't like the idea of teens sending sexy pictures from one phone to another. Nor do Ohio and Utah parents want their kids using cell phone min...
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Who was rude at gun forum? Watch the videoApr 23, 2009 11:00 pm - This will be, no doubt, Must-See Community TV. I'm referring, of course, to the videotape of a community forum earlier this week called to, depending on your viewpoint, ...
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Torture decision serves national interests wellApr 23, 2009 11:00 pm - President Obama insists that his administration doesn't torture. But just what does Obama think he's doing to some of his supporters by releasing interrogation memos tha...
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The new era of compassionate liberalismApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Monday morning the government braced for austerity, as the government understands that. Having sent Congress a $3.5 trillion budget, the president signaled...
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Hamas tactics were those of thugsApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Some residents of Gaza were taken from their homes and shot in the legs or feet. Some were brutally beaten and some were simply murdered, sometimes after hideous torture...
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Why we didn't post 9-1-1 tapeApr 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Eight editors in a room. A riveting, but very disturbing tape of the 9-1-1 call from the Hoffman Estates murder scene. The question: Do we put it on the Web for all to h...
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Beware the four-part Obama stingApr 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Franklin Roosevelt gave us the New Deal. John Kennedy gave us the New Frontier. In a major domestic policy address at Georgetown University last week, Barack Obama prom...
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Yes Virginia, there is a Crook CountyApr 19, 2009 11:00 pm - The first time I saw the term "Crook County" was more than 25 years ago. Some shady judges and greaseball lawyers had just been indicted on federal corruption charges in...
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Unions are changing, state by stateApr 18, 2009 11:00 pm - They are not the only married couple in America who talk about taxes and ulcers in the same sentence. Nor are they the only couple who believe they are paying more than ...