Opinion Columns
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There's no perfect choice on TuesdayNov 02, 2008 10:00 pm - It is hard to imagine that "undecideds," like restless phantoms with unfinished business, still haunt these final hours. What can they be waiting for? An epiphany? Some...
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Election eve return of 'The Americans'Nov 02, 2008 10:00 pm - The United States economy is taking another pounding. We keep hearing that this is the worst of times since the Great Depression. Our national self-esteem has been pumme...
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Election spending only an issue for faux conservativesOct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - From the invasion of Iraq to the selection of Sarah Palin, carelessness has characterized recent episodes of faux conservatism. Tuesday's probable repudiation of the Rep...
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McCain's a survivor, independentOct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - As we near the end of another presidential campaign, it is useful to ask ourselves what we have learned about the candidates that we did not know before. When you reflec...
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Election circus put Obama on parade from Illinois to WashingtonOct 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Regardless of what happens a week from Tuesday, two politicians - a black man and a white man - will have had a profound effect on the course of American history. Alan K...
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Powell's change reflects GOP failuresOct 25, 2008 11:00 pm - A column, like a good movie, should have an arc - start here, end there and somehow connect the two. So this column will begin with the speech Condi Rice made to the Rep...
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Grieving parents remind us why we have to get it rightOct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - The note certainly got my attention: "Oftentimes," it began, "a mistake is a mistake. Occasionally, a mistake can cause pain." It was from Deirdre Darr, who participated...
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Series aims to help you cope, succeed in economic crisisOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - It is an understatement in today's economy for a newspaper to say we feel your pain. It's also immaterial. Combined with changing reader habits, the recession or depress...
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In Chicago, greed for grades sends terrible messageOct 19, 2008 11:00 pm - "Greed is good-greed is right, greed works." Gordon Gecko in "Wall Street", 1987. "People lost their homes because of greed." Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, 2008. If greed...
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Latino voters trickier than you thinkOct 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Documentary filmmaker Philip Rodriguez has heard political observers - including me - predict that the Latino vote will decide this election. And he's not buying it. Nea...