Opinion Columns
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Reagan must share blame for energy dilemmaJul 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Perusing the Sunday newspapers with plagiaristic intent, I come across an article about who's responsible for the current energy debacle. Politicians are mentioned along...
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Olympic bid threatened by 'Beirut by the lake' label?Jul 06, 2008 11:00 pm - This is not a good time to be murdered in Chicago. Or even shot and wounded. Unless of course you desire to have your legacy forever linked to the Chicago's campaign to ...
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A curmudgeon's guide to 4th of July festival funJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Yes, of course I enjoyed Jake Griffin's story on the front page of Thursday's paper. I helped him come up with the concept. It offered all sorts of useful tips on how to...
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'Rewizardry' just a natural part of paper's evolutionJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Here's a sentence they didn't prepare me for in journalism school: "Your column modules need to be rewizarded." Even the woman passing along this intriguing diagnosis - ...
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Immigration policy that works against economic growthJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Fifty years ago, Jack Kilby, who grew up in Great Bend, Kan., took the electrical engineering knowledge he acquired as an undergraduate at the Unive...
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Problems in U.S.-Mexico relationship that must be solvedJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - TIJUANA, Mexico -- Mexico and the United States have a twisted relationship. Dysfunctional: Each country likes to blame the other for its problems, and neither is eager...
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It's time to look beyond guns and see where responsibility liesJun 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Jody Weis, the new Chicago Police superintendent, is still a mystery man to a lot of us. He's not from here, has never been a beat cop, is a former G-man and looks prett...
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Friendly media aren't bothered by Obama's flip-floppingJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - ˆ "To be clear: Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies." -- Obama spokesman Bill Burton, Oct. ...
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Decisions that might not help Obama win undecided votersJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - We are barely at the beginning of the long period in which most Americans will give their first serious scrutiny to the presidential candidates and decide whether Barack...
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A pact adults need to make to discourage teenage pregnancyJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Well now, isn't that a relief. The infamous "pregnancy pact" at Gloucester High School turns out to be an urban legend. The media mobs that descended on the fishing town...