Opinion Columns
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World War II is an example of a war that had to be foughtApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Nicholson Baker, a supremely talented novelist, has written a surprising book of nonfiction titled "Human Smoke." It is composed primarily of snippets taken from contemp...
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Jack Bauer and Smokey the horse jump through hoopsApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - My last column about dogs chronicled the gut-wrenching decision last fall to put to sleep our 13-year-old Boston terrier, Fudge. The upside of losing a dog, I guess, is ...
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Some interesting newsmakers aren't the usual newsmakersApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - We don't always have to look to Hollywood, Washington or Wrigley Field to find people with the most-interesting or even most influential lives. Where do you go to meet t...
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McCain has very different view of foreign policy than BushApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - What Barack Obama tried to do with the sensitive issue of race, John McCain attempted on the no less important topic of foreign policy. Obama, the leading Democratic ca...
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Democratic lies about McCain and Iraq WarMar 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Asked at a New Hampshire campaign stop about possibly staying in Iraq 50 years, John McCain interrupted -- "Make it a hundred" -- then offered a precise analogy to what ...
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Mexican official with views that merit respectMar 30, 2008 11:00 pm - As a Mexican-American, nothing tends to make me feel less Mexican and more American than spending time with an official of the Mexican government. It's been my experien...
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Three for three: Bad decisions, response and wiringMar 30, 2008 11:00 pm - No one should quarrel with the response by Northern Illinois University to that Valentine's Day classroom massacre. Police, medical teams, students, teachers, administra...
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Can't hide from the 'here today, gone tomorrow' drumbeatMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Despite the card in my wallet, I can only assume I am no longer one of Brian Mix's VIPs. Through many years and at least two vehicles, Mix and I have been meeting regul...
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McCain candidacy evokes a touchy but needed debate on ageMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - It was probably not wise for the 64-year-old Brit Hume to describe the 71-year-old John McCain as having a "senior moment." A blip would have been better. Or a gaffe. Or...
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Fighting the copy-cat syndrome in the age of instant messagingMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Bomb threats. Suicides. Gang names. Things we often, as a matter of course, don't write about. The reasons are all intertwined. Someone who gets his jollies causing a ru...