Opinion Columns
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Curfews and time out won't stop killings in ChicagoApr 27, 2008 11:00 pm - "One shooting, one murder is one too many," said Jody Weis, the new superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. Of course he is correct. No one deserves to be murde...
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Those 'distractions' reveal much about Obama's characterApr 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Real change has never been easy. ... The status quo in Washington will fight. They will fight harder than ever to divide us and distract us with ads and attacks from now...
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Pinball would-be wizard's lament: For the days of Tropic IsleApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - One of my favorite childhood memories goes back to when I was 7 or 8 years old. My dad would take me with him to his Friday-night bowling league. While he bowled, I'd p...
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Senior citizens keep Clinton's hopes alive in PennsylvaniaApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - By now there are so many sports metaphors littering the campaign coverage that it's hard to tell CNN from ESPN. The Pennsylvania primary not only had its wrestling match...
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Democrats fear divisiveness is working in McCain's favorApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - For battle-weary Democrats, the big news out of Pennsylvania is pretty simple: Their nightmare continues. In the seven weeks between the Texas and Ohio primaries in ear...
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Online discourse powerful, but more civility would be niceApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Online 'comments' let readers react immediately, restrained only by their good manners. Unfortunately, some writers don't have much restraining them. I am sometimes at a...
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U.S.-born Latinos weary with the ugliness in immigration debateApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - U.S.-born Latinos in America are fed up. They're tired of the ugliness in the immigration debate, and they're not buying the argument that it does not concern them. Tak...
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Fed isn't supposed to be a deal maker for Wall Street socialismApr 21, 2008 11:00 pm - And some say it will end because of subprime mortgages. But for those who cultivate fears of catastrophes as excuses for expanding government supervision of other people...
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Fear of retaliation could stop spread of nuclear weaponsApr 21, 2008 11:00 pm - The era of nonproliferation is over. During the first half-century of the nuclear age, safety lay in restricting the weaponry to major powers and keeping it out of the h...
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Officials betting that we won't notice cougars and quakesApr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - The great Illinois earthquake and that ferocious cougar that was on the loose in Chicago had a few things in common. They harmed no one, commanded an undue amount of pub...