Opinion Columns
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In next Chicago storm, ask feds for a hotel roomSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - It won't be on your credit card statement this month, but it might as well be. Ten nights at a Marriott in Memphis. A seven-night stay at the Holidome in Dallas. Two wee...
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GOP platform makes private decisions a public issueSep 04, 2008 11:00 pm - You gotta love this campaign. No sooner does the curtain come crashing down on one climactic moment than up it goes on another. The Democrats choose NoDrama Obama and th...
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Are bad words related to success of newspapers?Sep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Today's challenge: To talk about language we don't use in the Daily Herald without using the language. This could be interesting. I recently engaged in a polite but test...
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Microscope just starting to focus on PalinSep 02, 2008 11:00 pm - ST. PAUL, Minn. - Tom Donilon, the Washington lawyer who did the delegate-counting for Jimmy Carter in 1980, has a bit of practical wisdom that he has offered over the y...
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Unknown Palin produces flurry of calls: 'It could be you'Aug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Our home phone started ringing as word spread about McCain's astonishing selection as a running mate. Devoted mother of five with three girls and two boys, Type AA perso...
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McCain on same road as SchwarzeneggerAug 31, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - If John McCain becomes president, he will be confronted by a Congress with significantly larger Democratic majorities than today's - majorities furious abou...
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Women impress, and charm, at conventionAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - DENVER - The leading women of the Democratic Party have done their part. Michelle Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, slated as the featured speakers on the first two nigh...
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Publishing football rosters only a small part of the gameAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Q: What do Alex Lincoln, Joshua Schaffer and Conner Yearian have in common? a. All play on the Neuqua Valley High School varsity football team. b. All are mentioned by p...
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Variety of tools let you direct political coverageAug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Say what you will about the individual candidates, it is going to be an interesting election campaign season. The two key presidential candidates are smart and articulat...
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Gentleman Biden won't fill predictable roleAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - I saw another man dance with Joe Biden's wife, Jill. It was almost three years ago, on the terrace of the sublime Villa d'Este on the shore of Italy's stunning Lake Como...