Opinion Columns
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Insulting, ignorant views of the influence of the Latino voteMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Recently, I was in California doing an interview on a New York radio show talking about Texas. Also on the show was an African-American columnist from a newspaper in New...
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Sorry, but even student journalists need bosses, tooMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Let me start by saying I have enormous respect for the accomplishments of the Central Times, the student-run newspaper at Naperville Central High School. More than once ...
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Primary campaign may strengthen the Democrats' chancesMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - In the end, the most memorable line of the primary season may belong to Bill Clinton. He told a church group last month: "I've been waiting all my life to vote for an Af...
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Clinton surges back as cracks appear in Obama campaignMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Last fall, long before the first vote was cast in the Democratic presidential contest, Rep. Rahm Emanuel of Illinois told me in an interview that he thought Barack Obama...
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Mexican-Americans, and Obamas, need not prove they're patrioticMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - In the movie "Selena," about the slain Tejano singer, there is a priceless scene where Edward James Olmos tries to explain how difficult it is to be Mexican-American. On...
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Do we need background checks for house plant buyers?Mar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The ricin poison found in a Las Vegas hotel room is so deadly that a speck the size of a pinhead could kill you. The hotel occupant is still unconscious in a hospital, b...
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Todd Stroger finding lost horizon of Cook CountyMar 02, 2008 10:00 pm - "It's not Shangri-La." That was the instant review by Todd Stroger, the Cook County Board president and apparent literary critic, following a dismal performance that sta...
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Only government would boast about a decision this stupidMar 01, 2008 10:00 pm - There's nothing quite like a presidential election campaign for suggesting government solutions to nearly every human condition. For a few months, we are painted a pictu...
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Clinton's best move now would be to stop campaigningMar 01, 2008 10:00 pm - There is dissension in the Hillary Clinton camp. Top aides have been in arguments, shouting back and forth about differences in strategy. Should Clinton come on strong? ...
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View of presidential campaign from the nation's governorsFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - While the nation's governors were in Washington from Saturday through Tuesday for their winter meeting, the campaigns of John McCain and Barack Obama accomplished some i...