Opinion Columns
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Baseball, by the bookApr 11, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - This is a blessed time of year for those of us who are sports fans. The week that began with the finals of the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments...
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Learn from this bipartisan success storyApr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - When Congress comes back from its two-week recess, members of both parties will be invited to the White House to celebrate what is, in the context of these times, almost...
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Want Elmhurst mayoral results? Look no further.Apr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Lest we get too caught up in self-congratulatory euphoria over our coverage of local elections this week, some people are happy to provide us with a healthy dose of humi...
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Sacrificing wealth to serve in governmentApr 09, 2009 11:00 pm - The recent headlines about Lawrence Summers had it all wrong. They announced with an implied breathlessness that he earned around $8 million last year - much of it from ...
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New newspaper models emerge in difficult timesApr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Last week, I wrote about some reasons why, even in the face of closings and bankruptcies, I believe newspapers have a bright future. Coincidentally, John Sturm, presiden...
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Right moves to ... right cause, away from GOPApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Is the Christian right finished as a political entity? Or, more to the point, are principled Christians finished with politics? These questions have been getting fresh a...
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Rx: We need people doctorsApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - I was tickled to hear that the insurance industry is starting to think about lifting bans on the pre-existing conditions that keep a slew of Americans from getting healt...
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Bankruptcy, not bailout, pleaseApr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - When I was around 12, I was a paperboy for the now-defunct Long Island Press. One Thursday, when the paper was heavy with shopping inserts, a storm hit, and my papers an...
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The Blago brothers, a wristwatch war and other exposésApr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Congratulations to Illinois for making it to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA basketball tournament. Not the University of Illinois of course. The Illini were knocked out by pow...
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Your brain might work better on 'pause'Apr 02, 2009 11:00 pm - What if everybody just took a timeout? Now there's a concept for a TMI-addled nation. It isn't only Too Much Information, but the pitch and tenor of delivery that have u...