Opinion Columns
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Iran: Desperately seeking its version of YeltsinJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Iran is a revolution in search of its Yeltsin. Without leadership, demonstrators will take to the street only so many times to face tear gas, batons and bullets. They ne...
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They died for us: A Jackson Five you never knewJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - The cause of Mr. Jackson's death was obvious to anyone who saw him. Really, no autopsy was necessary. It was cardiac arrest. Caused by a roadside bomb. I'm not talking a...
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Health-care 'fix' is something we'll likely regretJun 27, 2009 11:00 pm - "In the beginning," says a character in a Peter De Vries novel, "the earth was without form and void. Why didn't they leave well enough alone?" When Washington is finish...
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A look at journalism in a Twitter eraJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - From time to time, a message pops into my e-mail announcing that someone is "Following You On Twitter." In fact, I don't go anywhere on Twitter, having signed up just to...
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Toll board member's pique good for us allJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Steven Harris is my new hero. Harris, a board member of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, did an everyman rave out at Thursday's meeting that provided great ins...
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'Aging' still an important part of news processJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - One of the more painful videos I've watched as a newspaper journalist is a clip from a recent "Daily Show" in which Jason Jones buckles the knees of The New York Times, ...
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The real meaning of NedaJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Every revolution needs a unifying symbol, and members of Iran's opposition movement now have theirs. That was one dumb sniper who took out the young woman millions now k...
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Showing respect for what we don't knowJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - The foreign policy sins of the United States fall into two categories: commission and omission. Commission includes wars in Vietnam and Iraq, and a one-time Latin Americ...
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Humanitarian, but questionableJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Those of us who live near the U.S.-Mexico border are used to seeing bizarre things - but not this bizarre. Law enforcement agencies don't typically help those who break ...
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Twitter unsurpassed as tyranny-fighting toolJun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - "I wouldn't know a Twitter from a tweeter, but, apparently, it is very important." Those were the inspired words of former first lady, former U.S. senator and current Se...