Opinion Columns
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'Frankly', Clinton isn't believable in her criticism of ObamaApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Long ago, I discovered that the word "frankly" often meant a lie was coming my way. I learned this from an insurance agent, who preceded every attempt to sell me useless...
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Use Cold War deterrence to halt Iran nuclear programApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Last Tuesday, Iran announced it was installing 6,000 more centrifuges -- they produce enriched uranium, the key ingredient of a nuclear weapon -- in addition to the 3,00...
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Suburban heart doctor's struggle inspires thousandsApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - We look for heroes in all the wrong places. Music videos, baseball dugouts, business board rooms, stage and screen, the anchor desk, the cockpit, the pulpit, etc. As ha...
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Good sense and free speech lost amid all the contrived rancorApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Even after nearly a quarter-century in the news business, there remain moments when I want to stand on my desk screaming, "Have you people lost your ever-lovin' minds?" ...
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Obama can take some lessons from Dukakis, Kennedy campaignsApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Back in 1988, I promulgated what I now call Cohen's Law of Racial Politics. It goes like this: In states where there are few African-Americans, the liberal candidate can...
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World of sports whistled for unsportsmanlike conductApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Having made a living for almost 50 years covering politics, I've never been under any illusions about where it stands in the larger scheme of things. Politics has its fa...
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Chronicling elusive standard of judgment by 'content of character'Apr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Random thoughts: Sometimes the news is its own object lesson. Daily Herald Staff Writer Emily Krone worked for a week and a half to find and interview suburbanites who c...
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Generation gap makes for interesting debate in Clinton-Obama raceApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - It seems the presidential primary season has outlived its welcome, rather like winter in northern New England where the snowdrifts have delayed our annual appointment wi...
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Evil propaganda used to make 'martyrs' of youthApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - It's not every day that I welcome anti-Semitic rants on the front page of a newspaper. But last week I was surprised, and yes, perversely pleased, to read on the first p...
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Did those snipers come from the wilderness of Park Ridge?Apr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Once upon a time, exactly 11 months ago today, I wrote about a little girl who was raised in the Big Woods of Park Ridge. She was named Hillary by her Ma and Pa, for whe...