Opinion Columns
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Three for three: Bad decisions, response and wiringMar 30, 2008 11:00 pm - No one should quarrel with the response by Northern Illinois University to that Valentine's Day classroom massacre. Police, medical teams, students, teachers, administra...
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Can't hide from the 'here today, gone tomorrow' drumbeatMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Despite the card in my wallet, I can only assume I am no longer one of Brian Mix's VIPs. Through many years and at least two vehicles, Mix and I have been meeting regul...
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McCain candidacy evokes a touchy but needed debate on ageMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - It was probably not wise for the 64-year-old Brit Hume to describe the 71-year-old John McCain as having a "senior moment." A blip would have been better. Or a gaffe. Or...
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Fighting the copy-cat syndrome in the age of instant messagingMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Bomb threats. Suicides. Gang names. Things we often, as a matter of course, don't write about. The reasons are all intertwined. Someone who gets his jollies causing a ru...
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Attention-getters aren't always what sell newspapersMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - We strive for a front page that, rather than concentrating on the lure of death and destruction, is teeming with the activities of real life. ...
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Proper local role in immigration law enforcementMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - The Phoenix Police Department has adopted a new immigration enforcement policy that is taking torpedoes from those who think it goes too far and from those who insist it...
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Critics off base with 'Obama Commandment'Mar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - On Easter morning, Chicago churches would have been as empty as Christ's tomb if everyone were expected to live by "the Obama Commandment." Ever since it was revealed t...
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Obama speech was hardly a convincing meditation on raceMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - The beauty of a speech is that you don't just give the answers, you provide your own questions. "Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial ...
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A government rescue is hazardous, except for Bear StearnsMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - I don't know too many economists who get confused with preachers. But there are times when they talk about virtue and temptation as if they were free-market holy rollers...
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Credit card rejection seems ironic amid our current excessesMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - The parent of a teenager with even marginal grades needs a paper shredder to deal with all the credit card and college loan offers that arrive unsolicited. Want an easy...