Opinion Columns
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'Health is heard by the heart'Jan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - When George W. Bush was running for the presidency, he aspired to be an education president. He followed through in his first year by pressing Congress to pass the bipar...
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Condemn the system along with the houseJan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - The French have the comely Marianne, the British have the fetching Britannia, and we have the welcoming Lady Liberty. May I now suggest, at least for the duration of the...
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Rahm Emanuel letter to Gov. Rod: What was he thinking?Jan 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich isn't all bad, according to the incoming chief of staff for President-elect Barack Obama. Blagojevich may have become the scourge of the cosmos sinc...
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I-88 exchange nice, but reminder of rocky roadsJan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - I was so darned excited about the opening of I-355 on Christmas Eve, 1989 that I found the flimsiest of excuses to drive to the Daily Herald offices in Arlington Heights...
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Plumbing the briny depths of Illinois state governmentJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - In a CBS Radio commentary this week, David Ross said something especially interesting for reporters about the Blagojevich scandal: "I know that it's every young reporter...
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When generator shows up to his vacation home, Obama just says noJan 04, 2009 10:00 pm - HONOLULU - You didn't have to be David Copperfield to read Barack Obama's mind the night the lights went out on Oahu. You only had to be from Chicago. Anyone who was vac...
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Cease-fire is the only option for IsraelJan 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Some geopolitical conflicts are morally complicated. The Israel-Gaza war is not. It possesses a moral clarity not only rare but excruciating. Israel is so scrupulous abo...
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Illinois Democrats look foolish in Burris spectacleJan 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Opportunism comes in many forms in Illinois politics. Unfortunately for the reputation of my home state, the nation is learning about all of them. Thanks to court-approv...
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Well-read Bush merely seeks vindicationJan 01, 2009 10:00 pm - In what without a doubt is the most astounding op-ed piece of the year, Karl Rove reveals that his friend and former boss, George W. Bush, has read probably hundreds of ...
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Pothole patching paves path to profound columnJan 01, 2009 10:00 pm - Perhaps the pothole patcher is swifter than the pen. All I know is we had a plan on Tuesday to do a story about all the potholes popping up like petunias, but the report...