Opinion Columns
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On a cross-country ride of hope with a courageous little girlOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - It's far too early to tell whether the Radtke family of Johnsburg got their miracle. But without question, they got something special. Just a week ago, Laurie Radtke fou...
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Putting keys to affordable homes in more people's handsOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - The House of Representatives, which has a penchant for spending time on issues such as the Armenian genocide of 1915, actually did something useful last week. It passed ...
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Admiration for Turkey, except when it evades truth about ArmeniansOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - It goes without saying that the House resolution condemning Turkey for the "genocide" of Armenians in 1915 will serve no earthly purpose and that it will complicate U.S....
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Readers keep the faith, and dish out some Cubs realityOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - I had figured my "Cubs Sweep to the Pennant" column would fill this space today while I caught a flight back from Colorado. Instead I find myself in an odder place. "Bur...
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Blizzard of lies bury marathon in knee-deep controversyOct 14, 2007 11:00 pm - JANUARY 1979: The side streets have been plowed. That was what Chicago Mayor Michael Bilandic went on TV to tell snow-stranded Chicagoans after the Great Blizzard. "Ever...
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Ruling on method, not madness, of capital punishmentOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - So we have a national moratorium of sorts. An unofficial stay of execution. All quiet in the death chambers. In the days since the Supreme Court decided to take on anoth...
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Seeing a fine 2nd career in the lifestyle enforcement gameOct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - There I was, minding my own business when the e-mails from colleagues arrived just minutes apart. Not once did they consider their actions might be detrimental to my hea...
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If a shooting occurs and no one hears, does anyone care?Oct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - What if the police write a press release -- about, say, the shooting of three people in town -- but don't send it to the press? Does anyone care? About 150 people cared ...
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Giuliani, Romney scored; Huckabee offered candorOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Fred Thompson did not disgrace himself in his first formal debate as a Republican presidential candidate, but he also did not dominate the stage full of White House hope...
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Oh, the burdens of being among the very wealthyOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Enough, already, with compassion for society's middle and lower orders. There currently is a sympathy deficit regarding the very rich. Or so the rich might argue because...