Opinion Columns
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Summer's biggest battle will be over health care reformJun 06, 2009 11:00 pm - While headlines talk about a fight over confirming Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court that may never develop, a much bigger battle is about to break out over Pr...
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Taking a tender approach when life meets deathJun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - A group of six, perhaps seven, is huddled around a computer at Director of Photography Jeff Knox's desk in the middle of the newsroom. They are a mix of managers, report...
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Debunking the myth of the lone shooterJun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - It is believed that the shooter acted alone. Surely, that's true. No one else was standing beside suspect Scott Roeder when it is believed he murdered Dr. George Tiller ...
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Carnival of the fire-breathersJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - I intended to write about the GOP's message problem with the headline: "Shoot the Messenger." Sunday's murder of abortion doctor George Tiller makes my title inappropria...
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Refreshing restraint in CaliforniaJun 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Amid all the buzz these days about judicial activism, the California Supreme Court - in addressing gay marriage - recently displayed the opposite: judicial restraint. Th...
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Two top-paid state hires on hot seat for U of I clout listMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - "The buck stops with Chancellor (Richard) Herman for the Urbana campus and with me for the entire University which includes the Urbana campus." Actually, a lot of bucks ...
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Criticize, then confirm SotomayorMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Sonia Sotomayor has a classic American story. So does Frank Ricci. Ricci is a New Haven firefighter stationed seven blocks from where Sotomayor went to law school (Yale)...
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Tangled web ties Obama, Reid, BurrisMay 30, 2009 11:00 pm - When he was elected president, Barack Obama inherited Harry Reid as Senate majority leader; the choice wasn't his. When the Illinois Democrat was elevated to the White H...
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Epiphanies rarely lead to bright ideasMay 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Epiphanies are a dime a dozen among congressional Democrats as they discover urgent new reasons to commandeer other people's money. For example, freshman Rep. Alan Grays...
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A wise person brings best view to Supreme CourtMay 28, 2009 11:00 pm - So we face the riddle of the wise old man, the wise old woman, and the wise old person. Sonia Sotomayor, Bronx-raised and Ivy League-educated "Newyorkrican" has been nom...