Articles filed under Commentary
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Hillary Clinton's secret messMar 15, 2015 1:00 am - On March 2, the story broke that Hillary Clinton had possibly violated email regulations while secretary of state. You could almost hear the collective gasp in Washingt...
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COD board too slow to act on auditMar 13, 2015 1:00 am - Those who pay taxes to support the College of DuPage have learned recently that their hard-earned money sent to the college in good faith has been misspent on lucrative ...
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Iraq is not our placeMar 12, 2015 1:00 am - The story of the week - which may soon become the story of the Iraqi war - was the picture of the hawk-nosed, cold-eyed Qassem Suleimani, head of the Iranian Revolutiona...
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Slusher: Distinguishing between speculation and analysisMar 12, 2015 1:00 am - The oral arguments before the Illinois Supreme Court Wednesday open the door to a common, if not a favorite, journalistic pastime: lively speculation disguised as pointe...
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Where's the value in demeaning diplomacy?Mar 11, 2015 1:00 am - With a few tweaks to Scripture, herewith today's relevant verse: What therefore President Obama hath joined together, let Republicans put asunder. The letter from 47 Re...
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Selma, Ferguson and our perpetual challengeMar 11, 2015 1:00 am - The juxtaposition of the Justice Department's damning Ferguson report and President Obama's fine speech to mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday was coincidental. B...
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Still haunted by past, but looking to the futureMar 10, 2015 1:00 am - SELMA, Ala. -- On one of my flights here, sheer luck took a liking to me. I got seated next to Thelma Adair, a 94-year-old black woman coming down from New York City for...
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Brains winning out over Spines -- so farMar 09, 2015 12:00 am - Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, who would dearly love to be president, recently berated his fellow Republicans for insufficient fortitude in opposing President Obama's e...
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Negotiating from weakness a threat to MideastMar 09, 2015 12:00 am - Over the years, President Obama has been criticized and praised - but mainly praised - for lacking a driving foreign policy ideology. It seemed to be one of the "childis...
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21 of 22 right on 3rd-grade test tells us a lotMar 08, 2015 12:00 am - I correctly answered 21 of 22 questions. On a test for third-graders. However, I think I made up for it on the essay portion, which wasn't graded in the online practice ...