Opinion Columns
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LPGA has a universal language: moneySep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Money talks. And it's not choosy about what language it uses to get its point across. The latest beneficiary is the Ladies Professional Golf Association, which - in res...
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What's wrong with this picture?Sep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The late, great, suburban Congressman Henry Hyde had an insatiable appetite for a staple that currently seems to be in short supply in Washington. Ideas. Mr. Hyde was a ...
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Palin should step aside to save McCainSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Editor's note: Columnist Kathleen Parker's call for Sarah Palin to step down has created a firestorm of debate. This is the column, which appeared Friday in "The Nat...
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The times, they are a-changin,' day after daySep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - In an offhand moment, one of our copy editors offered one of the best ideas I've heard for demonstrating what's happening with the stock market these days: A flip book o...
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Bailout decision will help define next presidencySep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Members of Congress are being exhorted to stampede, like lemmings in reverse, away from a postulated cliff. But some of the economic geographers who say they know that t...
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Both candidates bring strengths into first debateSep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Friday evening in Oxford, Miss., Barack Obama and John McCain will meet in the first presidential debate of 2008, and this dramatic campaign will in all lik...
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Democrats are responsible for stalling immigration reformSep 22, 2008 11:00 pm - As they recall the failure of immigration reform in Congress, Democrats want to come off as the good guys. This means burying the fact that their patrons in organized la...
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Local soldiers' deaths raise statistical questionSep 21, 2008 11:00 pm - The three, fresh-faced soldiers were serving in combat zones and trying to survive on battlegrounds when they died. The three local men were riding in Army vehicles on r...
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From glue pots to icons: 30 years in the newspaper bizSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Thirty years. For some, sadly, that's more than a lifetime. For me yesterday, it marked how long I've worked for the Daily Herald. So, please indulge a trip down newspap...
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A gripping photo and an everyday debate on its useSep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - When you're a newspaper with a series of exceptionally high-quality photographs in hand showing citizens rescuing a teenager from raging floodwaters, you wouldn't think ...