Opinion Columns
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Commutation was on Bush's termsJan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - I was glad to see that George W. Bush commuted the prison sentences of former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean. And frankly, I was a bit surpri...
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Nice of Obama to put in a plug for NeighborJan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - "The word 'neighborhood' starts with Neighbor because it indicates a sense that we, as Americans, are bound together and what we have in common is more important than wh...
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Obama's background sets stage for compromisesJan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - When Barack Obama declared in his inaugural address that a new era has begun and that "the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply," ...
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Time to shift heavy responsibilityJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - By morning of that first day, even before he awoke, the overseas markets - the Nikkei, the DAX, the FTSE 100 - had moved and the world had changed. He kissed his wife an...
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Rifle pointed at his head was least of his problemsJan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Marni Pyke, our transportation writer and former Lisle reporter, was on her way to work Wednesday morning when she heard of the high drama at the Lisle Metra station. Sh...
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As racial wall falls, others may followJan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Many high-achieving African-Americans, Latinos and Asian-Americans know very well what it is like to be the first this or the only that. Breaking down doors and being a ...
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Michelle Obama can put families back on agendaJan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - While I'm aware that there's no official inauguration for a first lady - no oath to take, no speech to make - we do manage to have an initiation rite. So, Michelle Obama...
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How Blago's 'lynching' could turn into scene from 'Animal House'Jan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Double-secret probation is what Gov. Blagojevich's lawyers would like to see happen to U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. Or something even worse. Blago's team believes t...
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Threat of judicial dominion in vote's wakeJan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - In November, 13,084,570 California voters expressed themselves for or against Proposition 8, which said that their state's Constitution should be amended to...
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Inauguration story will have local flavor, tooJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - This one is special. Whatever your politics, you cannot deny the electricity in the atmosphere surrounding the impending inauguration of Barack Obama. You may revel in i...