Opinion Columns
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They may not be historic, but local races can be hotFeb 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Anyone who thinks local politics is not as interesting, engaging or energizing as national politics should take a look at the "most commented" list on the Daily Herald's...
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Rod's swan song: 'Sweep the streets I used to own'Feb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - When the chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court announced that the governor was "in the building" to attend his impeachment festivities, a few cynical commentators ...
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Score one for the right in abortion rights battle that leaves no winnersJan 31, 2009 10:00 pm - It must be the world's longest-running game of ideological pingpong. In 1984, Ronald Reagan aimed an overhand smash at international organizations, pledging that America...
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Beware need for speed that puts us on thin iceJan 31, 2009 10:00 pm - Summoned to remove a fish bone agonizingly stuck in a rich man's throat, British surgeon Joseph Lister did so. When the grateful patient asked the cost, Lister replied: ...
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Candidates: We need your e-mail addressesJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - One hundred and one. Not dalmations; that's the number of local governments falling within our circulation area in DuPage County. Twenty nine school districts. Twenty tw...
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Governor no media darling, just a menaceJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Something very strange - and disturbing - has happened with Rod Blagojevich. Even as legal wheels turn in Springfield to remove him from the governorship, he has become ...
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Context? Truth? In the end, it's really your callJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - How interesting that when he decided to begin telling us all "the truth" about his activities that led to federal charges and an impeachment case, Gov. Rod Blagojevich t...
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Torture views evolve as past meets presentJan 27, 2009 10:00 pm - "The past is a different country. They do things differently there." So goes a wise aphorism that should be applied to the debate over whether those who authorized and u...
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Crying black tears for Blagojevich's 'Pearl Harbor'Jan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - This is a quote that will live in infamy. "Dec. 9 to my family, to us, to me, is what Pearl Harbor Day was to the United States - what we call our personal Pearl Harbor ...
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Fading dynasties make politics less predictableJan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - The dynasties are disappearing. The latest proof came when Caroline Kennedy, the only daughter of John and Jackie Kennedy, dramatically removed herself as a possible rep...