Opinion Columns
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Rx: We need people doctorsApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - I was tickled to hear that the insurance industry is starting to think about lifting bans on the pre-existing conditions that keep a slew of Americans from getting healt...
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Bankruptcy, not bailout, pleaseApr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - When I was around 12, I was a paperboy for the now-defunct Long Island Press. One Thursday, when the paper was heavy with shopping inserts, a storm hit, and my papers an...
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The Blago brothers, a wristwatch war and other exposésApr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Congratulations to Illinois for making it to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA basketball tournament. Not the University of Illinois of course. The Illini were knocked out by pow...
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Your brain might work better on 'pause'Apr 02, 2009 11:00 pm - What if everybody just took a timeout? Now there's a concept for a TMI-addled nation. It isn't only Too Much Information, but the pitch and tenor of delivery that have u...
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Hard times, yes; end times, not necessarilyApr 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Many news reports Tuesday observed that the Sun-Times' bankruptcy filing had made Chicago the first major city in the country without a solvent daily newspaper. I prefer...
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The garden of eatin' takes root at White HouseMar 30, 2009 11:00 pm - You have to admit that this gives new meaning to the idea of a "shovel-ready project." There are now 1,100 square feet on the South Lawn of the White House being transfo...
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Indecent parades: One down, one to go, according to criticsMar 29, 2009 11:00 pm - As regularly as heartburn after a pepper and egg sandwich, the e-mails would start arriving. Every year they would begin bubbling up early on Monday morning after the S...
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Move over, John. Here's Meghan.Mar 29, 2009 11:00 pm - The GOP's identity crisis just got more interesting with the recent media splash of Meghan McCain, daughter of the senator who did not become president. Young McCain, w...
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Don't let March Mad-ness ruleMar 28, 2009 11:00 pm - I took a one-week vacation from this column and the stock market went crazy. The letters AIG were translated into SOS, and the House of Representatives, responding to an...
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Is real immigration reform ahead?Mar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - President Obama is either daring or foolhardy - or maybe a little of both. Case in point: Although he has been criticized, even by supporters, for overloading his agenda...