Opinion Columns
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Israel can stand to be criticized, but it's not always wrongSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - A strange thing happened to me while reading "The Israel Lobby" by John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt. I went from nodding my head at the obviousness of it all -- o...
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Another Tuesday, Sept. 11, and Bush is our quarterbackSep 10, 2007 11:00 pm - The war in Iraq is not some trivial sporting event like a Bears opener, a Cubs game, a "friendly" with the best soccer team on the planet, or another Sunday victory stro...
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Wouldn't Betty Loren-Maltese Memorial Tollway be more apt?Sep 09, 2007 11:00 pm - You wouldn't name the Brookfield Zoo after Michael Vick, the official canine exterminator of the NFL. O'Hare International Airport isn't going to be renamed for the mayo...
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Thompson should be wary of McCain campaignSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Two hours before Fred Thompson formally entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination, his old friend John McCain turned in the kind of...
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Will council video add understanding or more clutter?Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - While many a public body would prefer to conduct public business without that bothersome public in attendance, some do understand how representative government is suppos...
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Why, exactly, are police conducting gay sex stings?Sep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Well, that didn't take long. A mere five days from the Roll Call revelations to the presumed resignation. Thirty-three years of public service down the toilet, and that ...
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U.S. and Mexico both too quick to blame the otherSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Americans and Mexicans have more in common than you might imagine, and that's not necessarily a positive thing. People in both countries respond to illegal immigration i...
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Hillary is battle-tested from her lifetime of strugglesSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - As the serious stage of the presidential campaign begins this fall, Hillary Rodham Clinton has clearly established herself in the lead of the race for the Democratic nom...
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Perils and pitfalls of a story that makes no one happyAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Sometimes, in our quest to do the right thing, we make things worse. Such was the case in a story the other day on one of the touchiest topics we cover -- abortion. It i...
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Trick play by Blagojevich gets stuffed at the lineAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Football season is upon us and, as is his wont, Illinois' head coach Rod Blagojevich is calling another political misdirection play. The governor sued House Speaker Mich...