Opinion Columns
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Palin should step aside to save McCainSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Editor's note: Columnist Kathleen Parker's call for Sarah Palin to step down has created a firestorm of debate. This is the column, which appeared Friday in "The Nat...
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The times, they are a-changin,' day after daySep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - In an offhand moment, one of our copy editors offered one of the best ideas I've heard for demonstrating what's happening with the stock market these days: A flip book o...
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Bailout decision will help define next presidencySep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Members of Congress are being exhorted to stampede, like lemmings in reverse, away from a postulated cliff. But some of the economic geographers who say they know that t...
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Both candidates bring strengths into first debateSep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Friday evening in Oxford, Miss., Barack Obama and John McCain will meet in the first presidential debate of 2008, and this dramatic campaign will in all lik...
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Democrats are responsible for stalling immigration reformSep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - As they recall the failure of immigration reform in Congress, Democrats want to come off as the good guys. This means burying the fact that their patrons in organized la...
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Local soldiers' deaths raise statistical questionSep 21, 2008 11:00 pm - The three, fresh-faced soldiers were serving in combat zones and trying to survive on battlegrounds when they died. The three local men were riding in Army vehicles on r...
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From glue pots to icons: 30 years in the newspaper bizSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Thirty years. For some, sadly, that's more than a lifetime. For me yesterday, it marked how long I've worked for the Daily Herald. So, please indulge a trip down newspap...
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A gripping photo and an everyday debate on its useSep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - When you're a newspaper with a series of exceptionally high-quality photographs in hand showing citizens rescuing a teenager from raging floodwaters, you wouldn't think ...
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Drinking age war pits Schaumburg mom vs. college presidentsSep 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEWS ITEM: One-third of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq were 18-21 years old. NEWS ITEM: College presidents want drinking age lowered to 18. NEWS ITEM: Pressure intensifies...
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3 screw-ups aside, upping driving age might not be wiseSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Was I ready to drive at age 16? On a cold, rainy February afternoon, the day I turned 16, I headed for the drivers license bureau to take the test. All I really remembe...