Opinion Columns
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GOP leader holds key to party's agendaNov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - "I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky." - Abraham Lincoln Which is how discerning conservatives felt while waiting to see if, in Election Day's second...
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Conservatives should seek truth, not hide from itNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Election Day has produced fresh fury from self-proclaimed "conservatives" promising never again to read me or fellow apostates who criticized the Republican ticket. This...
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Dream cabinet starts with Gore at topNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - If there is a single appointment Barack Obama could make to signal how dramatically things will change in Washington, it would be to name Albert Gore Jr. - former congre...
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On Veterans Day, Obama should pack his bag for IraqNov 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Campaigning may be over, but Barack Obama should gas up the 757 for one more trip. Tomorrow, he should visit the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. He should go there on Ve...
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Harlem knows how change can happenNov 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Up in Harlem, on the boulevard named for Malcolm X, stands the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and it was to its Langston Hughes Auditorium, named for th...
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Irony haunts Obama as he prepares to leadNov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - The Capitol Steps, an ensemble that entertains Washington with political satire, begins its current show with an announcement to note the location of the exits. But "in ...
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Obama needs to utilize the best of both partiesNov 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The celebration of Barack Obama's victory was genuine and heartfelt, as it should have been. No one who has lived in this country and knows history can be insensitive t...
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Historic election reminds us: We do history every dayNov 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Note from Bob Smith, city editor for the DuPage editions of the Daily Herald, to his staff and other editors: "I'm sure you've heard about the overwhelming demand for ne...
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'Big story' brings out the spirit of dedicated staffNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - "We are not as large as the largest, but we are as strong as the strongest." Motto, Goodfield State Bank Goodfield, Illinois (Pop. 686) In Friday's Time out!, you'll rea...
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Facts to consider as the results roll inNov 03, 2008 10:00 pm - By midnight Tuesday, millions of conservatives probably will believe the nation is ruined. And millions of "progressives," again calling themselves liberals, probably wi...