Opinion Columns
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Something doesn't add up this election yearJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Either Hillary Rodham flunked math class at Maine South High School in Park Ridge or she picked up Jethro-style ciphering during her years in Arkansas. How else would yo...
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A new year brings hope to the Middle EastJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - There is something about the beginning of a new year that allows even the most cynical mind to hope anew. To ponder -- minus the pessimism -- the "what ifs" and "could b...
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Flawed populism exhibited by Edwards and HuckabeeJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Like Job after losing his camels and acquiring boils, the conservative movement is in distress. Mike Huckabee shreds the compact that has held the movement's two tendenc...
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Obama on a roll, much to the 'disappointment' of angry liberalsJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - When historians look back on Barack Obama's presidential campaign many years from now, let's hope they pick up on one of the most important story lines. You've heard how...
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Silence never a wise choice when police behavior questionedJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - A visceral response to an assault on one's parent is easy enough to understand. Proper protocol, any protocol, in fact, isn't likely to be at the top of the to-do list i...
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Re-learning hard lesson that creation is almost always messyJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Creation is a messy business. Just ask the guy who strikes out on his own after dying a little each day in cubicle world. Or a mother delivering a baby. Or those who hop...
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Don't read too much into the results of the caucuses in IowaJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - MANCHESTER, N.H. -- One final reminder: When you're reading returns from the Iowa caucuses, remember you are viewing them through a double distortion mirror. The outcom...
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Democratic leader who shares Reagan's view of tax reformJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - "I was in South Carolina recently and a (black) guy brought me his grandson and said he was so excited to have the kid shake the hand of the chairman of the powerful Way...
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Minutemen's comic act on presidential campaign stageJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Tired of playing cop, some in the Minuteman movement are trying to influence the 2008 presidential election by playing powerbroker. And like just about everything this b...
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Next president must be a strong leader in a dangerous worldDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - Once again, the cold, cruel outside world intruded on the quiet of a holiday season. The assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto two days after C...