Opinion Columns
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A towering monument for six forgotten victims of corruptionMar 15, 2009 11:00 pm - God willing, one day former Gov. George Ryan will be out of prison and return to some of his favorite things in life, such as lunch with his wife Lura Lynn at Gibson's o...
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Rushbo is no gift to women or GOPMar 14, 2009 11:00 pm - I was going to give this a good leaving alone. But there I was flying home from a mellow family visit when El Rushbo filled - and I do mean filled - the screen before m...
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Keeping it real in storm of bad economic reportsMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - In reporting on the Great Recession of 2009, Chicken Little and Pollyanna Whittier are more than the stuff of children's fairy tales. They are relevant, thought-provokin...
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Hands-on school chief has cash for school reformMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Arne Duncan has an opportunity to do more for a generation of youngsters than any education secretary in history, and my strong sense is that he will make the most of it...
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A letter from Paul Harvey... or was it?Mar 08, 2009 11:00 pm - A letter from Paul Harvey has been sitting on my desk for more than a year. I was holding onto the letter for the right time to include in a column. Since the legendary ...
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Dueling messiahs dwarf real GOPMar 07, 2009 10:00 pm - It's been a win-win the past few days for Democratic and Republican loyalists, but what about the rest of us? You know. Americans who don't think that spending nonexiste...
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A cautionary tale of letter writing and politicsMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - May I direct your attention to a Fence Post letter appearing elsewhere on this page? It's headlined, "Response to Herald story on District 204." Submitted by four school...
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Dividing power depends on your seatMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - On Dec. 6, 2007, while she was away from the Senate pursuing the presidency, Sen. Hillary Clinton asked Majority Leader Harry Reid to introduce her bill to prohibit fund...
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Can Mr. Clean fix the mess in Springfield?Mar 02, 2009 10:00 pm - In his first few weeks in office, President Barack Obama has caught very few good breaks. But last week he had one. When he entertained the nation's governors at his fir...
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Where is the real Bobby, Mr. Gov.?Mar 01, 2009 10:00 pm - I liked the old Bobby Jindal better - the one whose brain moves so fast, he's already indexing questions his interviewers haven't thought of yet. What did they do with h...