Opinion Columns
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Cybersnarling over Glenbard-Fremd ruckus a good/bad signNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - I'm having a tough time deciding which group to join on the Facebook Web site: "Daily Herald Boycott for fremd+ people for the truth" or the "Daily Herald writers are ly...
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Liberals are right, even if hypocrites, in backing MukaseyNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - I'm not used to agreeing with Sens. Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein on anything regarding the Justice Department. So imagine my surprise now that these Democrats and ...
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An inept Karl Rove is qualified to criticize Democrats in CongressNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Karl Rove is the not the genius he used to be. Partially responsible for the mismanagement of two wars, the collapse of American prestige around the world, the failure t...
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Government can do more than wage war and collect taxesNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - In the heart of DuPage County, in the shadow of the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway, Illinois Republican heavyweight Jim Ryan is using "The Jim Ryan Symposium on Public A...
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Rules of the game stacked against women candidatesNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Can anybody tell me what a gender card is anyway and where you buy one? After last week, I'm beginning to think that none of us is playing with a full deck. Let me revie...
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On Veterans Day, George Ryan again is taking ordersNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - It's been more than 50 years since George Ryan was available for latrine duty. When he was discharged from the Army in 1956, Mr. Ryan probably figured that his days of f...
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No deciphering the 'non-user friendly' or 'obscure' tax billNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - When the property tax bill cometh, I normally listen for my husband's scream, drop a hand of commiseration on his shoulder and forget about it. Compelled by an odd masoc...
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Unions making a comeback in both membership, cloutNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - At Harvard University this week, a group of economists will hold a conference to explore a phenomenon that has gone largely unremarked in the wider world -- an organizin...
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Meet AAIM, a lesser-known, but vigilant foe of drunken drivingNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - They almost revel in their under-known status. They're a group involved in a relentless crusade against drunken drivers. And they provide empathy and support for the vic...
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On life and death matters, we must resist dealing in speculationNov 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Speculation is about the only stock in trade for some mysteries. But that doesn't excuse openly dealing in the commodity An Austin, Texas-based PR agent offered us an in...