Opinion Columns
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Santa came dressed in nubuck with tickets for BlagojevichesDec 16, 2007 10:00 pm - Because wiretapping is illegal without a court order, we can only imagine the phone call between Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Sen. James DeLeo (D-Ticketmaster). Blagojevich:...
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Huckabee can't credibly claim to be conservative, but with compassionDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Aren't you beginning to feel a little sympathy for Republicans? The Democrats are suffering from an embarrassment of riches, the Republicans just embarrassment. The only...
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Candidates fail to understand religion's place in politicsDec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney declares, "Freedom and religion endure together, or perish alone." Barack Obama opens his speech at a rally with "Giving all praise and honor t...
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Why worry about the mob when the state already acts like one?Dec 15, 2007 10:00 pm - "Soooo. You wanna do business in our neighborhood, do ya? Well, maybe we'll let you. For a price. How's about $50,000 per chair just to get ya rollin'? "And then, we'll...
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Remembering Astor, Fudge and "everyone's dog'Dec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - A Friday-night trip to the animal hospital was not in our plans. But Fudge, our Boston Terrier, had abruptly keeled over, vomited, and seemed incapable of getting up. Be...
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Winfrey's endorsement bound to give Obama a boost in Iowa caucusesDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- On Sunday, Mitch Stewart was a happy man. In a back room of the Barack Obama for President headquarters here, he was pawing through a mountain of car...
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Report Card results: Good, but familiar problems persistDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - We continue to score a respectable B overall, but the areas in which we fare least well remain the same. It is a source of both encouragement and concern for us that th...
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Obama, Winfrey hear cheers that symbolize a magnificent changeDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- It is 1,134 miles and 53 years since Jerome Schlicter, a teacher, walked into my eighth-grade classroom and held up The New York Times. The headline ...
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Already facing one scandal, Bolingbrook takes another hitDec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - "I'm embarrassed for the city. It happened under my watch." Those were the words of Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar. But he wasn't referring to the presumed homicides of a...
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Another example of futile federal intrusion into educationDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - No Child Left Behind, supposedly an antidote to the "soft bigotry of low expectations," has instead spawned lowered standards. The law will eventually be reauthorized be...