Opinion Columns
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There were many red flags before NIU attack; no one noticedFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - They're like onions, these campus shooters. At first when you look at them they are smooth and shiny and don't smell much. "There were no red flags" said Northern Illino...
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Hoping for spring amid entertainment of winter skirmishesFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Snow. Cold. Endless gray. To be followed, no doubt by a baby boomlet come September and October. Such is the usual human response to a harsh, it's-easier- to-stay-home w...
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Refreshing response to voter disgust with partisan gridlockFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - The voters' message is getting through, not only in settling the fights for the Republican and Democratic nominations but in changing the mind-set of Washington. The cl...
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Clemens case shows how 'whodunit' can supercharge a storyFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - As a high school journalism teacher many years ago, I tried to prepare students who cared little about current events and would never want to work for a newspaper to at ...
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Mexican leader's message to those who left for AmericaFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Less than two years after taking office, Mexican President Felipe Calderon is getting mixed reviews from the Mexican people. On the one hand, he gets high marks for refo...
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McCain can't take the risk of becoming a political opportunistFeb 12, 2008 10:00 pm - If John McCain's life is, as it sometimes seems, one of those old-time movie serials, the audience would now know that with the GOP presidential nomination within reach,...
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Two-scoop Monday: What were these candidates thinking?Feb 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Let's face it, if Cook County government was an old silver bowl, it would take a tub of TarnX the size of Soldier Field to make it presentable. So, especially this year,...
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Comrades united in a modern-day Battle of WaterlooFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Tom Lutz stood no chance. His first clue should have been the forecast. His second should have been that he'd drawn the short straw that put a journalist irate about poo...
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Road that winds its way to Washington's culture of wasteFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - LEE COUNTY, Fla. -- Coconut Road near Fort Myers looks like any other concrete ribbon near housing developments, golf courses and shopping malls in this state's booming ...
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I think I want you to tell us what you think … perhapsFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Be careful what you wish for, Daily Herald. We recently asked our online readers to tell us what they think of our stories, and, boy, have they. It's called story commen...