Opinion Columns
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Getting off the Soapbox to look at the rest of the storyJun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Actual corporate e-mail chain revealing the inner workings of the Daily Herald and its DuPage editor: (Editorial Page Editor John Zimmerman to Jim Davis): "Hi, Jim…Would...
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Nuances of passion sometimes are key to deciding story playJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Prominent trials are followed passionately by some people -- but not all. It was a reasonable enough question for a wife to ask her husband three days before a high scho...
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McCain presents a refreshing change in stale debate formatJun 10, 2008 11:00 pm - It's pretty obvious what was the most overhyped political story of the past week. The honors clearly go to the Hillary Clinton drama: Will she stand down? Will she endor...
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What reporters everywhere could learn from a music criticJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- In the watered-down world of journalism these days, it was fitting that the annual convention of the Investigative Reporters and Editors wrapped up over the wee...
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Putting Clinton on his ticket would be a bad move by ObamaJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - An axiom. When voters watch a presumptive presidential nominee considering this or that running mate, they think: What if the president dies? When the presumptive nomine...
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Obama must stop the retreat if he's to regain the initiativeJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - From Iowa in January through South Dakota and Montana in June, Barack Obama has enjoyed one of the great rides in American political history, breaking precedents and set...
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In leaving his church, Obama shows he's a traditional politicianJun 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Say it ain't so. Barack Obama has worked hard to convince Americans that he is the untraditional politician -- immune to special interests, loyal to his faith, close to...
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Shattering the myths about coverage of the presidential campaignJun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - As dramatic as the contests have been for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations, they have not been enough to satisfy myth-makers. With the general elec...
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What if it was Hillary Clinton vs. Barry Dunham?Jun 01, 2008 11:00 pm - "I'm white. I'm entitled. And a black man is stealing my show!" Those were the words of noted Hillary Clinton impersonator Michael Pfleger, aka Father Michael Pfleger, t...
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If elected, Obama could face problems that doomed CarterMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - A year after Jimmy Carter lost his re-election race to Ronald Reagan, Hamilton Jordan, his former White House chief of staff, sat down for a lengthy interview with schol...