Opinion Columns
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Keeping it real in storm of bad economic reportsMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - In reporting on the Great Recession of 2009, Chicken Little and Pollyanna Whittier are more than the stuff of children's fairy tales. They are relevant, thought-provokin...
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Hands-on school chief has cash for school reformMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Arne Duncan has an opportunity to do more for a generation of youngsters than any education secretary in history, and my strong sense is that he will make the most of it...
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A letter from Paul Harvey... or was it?Mar 08, 2009 11:00 pm - A letter from Paul Harvey has been sitting on my desk for more than a year. I was holding onto the letter for the right time to include in a column. Since the legendary ...
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Dueling messiahs dwarf real GOPMar 07, 2009 10:00 pm - It's been a win-win the past few days for Democratic and Republican loyalists, but what about the rest of us? You know. Americans who don't think that spending nonexiste...
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A cautionary tale of letter writing and politicsMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - May I direct your attention to a Fence Post letter appearing elsewhere on this page? It's headlined, "Response to Herald story on District 204." Submitted by four school...
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Dividing power depends on your seatMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - On Dec. 6, 2007, while she was away from the Senate pursuing the presidency, Sen. Hillary Clinton asked Majority Leader Harry Reid to introduce her bill to prohibit fund...
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Can Mr. Clean fix the mess in Springfield?Mar 02, 2009 10:00 pm - In his first few weeks in office, President Barack Obama has caught very few good breaks. But last week he had one. When he entertained the nation's governors at his fir...
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Where is the real Bobby, Mr. Gov.?Mar 01, 2009 10:00 pm - I liked the old Bobby Jindal better - the one whose brain moves so fast, he's already indexing questions his interviewers haven't thought of yet. What did they do with h...
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Inside story: Fast Eddie Vrdolyak and Judge ShadurMar 01, 2009 10:00 pm - NEWS ITEM: Ed Vrdolyak walks from corruption case. NEWS ITEM: Federal judge says Fast Eddie was no insider. Once upon a time, legend has it there was a "Department of In...
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Should we spike this electoral board system?Feb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - All's fair in love and politics, so trying to shoot an arrow through the heart of a candidate's petitions to run for office is a rite of passage when local elections rol...