Articles filed under Commentary
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The political act of judging ChristiansFeb 27, 2015 12:00 am - When Scott Walker pronounced himself agnostic about President Obama's patriotism and Christian faith, it must have seemed like a clever formulation. "I've never asked hi...
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Slusher: The necessarily relentless drive for better thingsFeb 26, 2015 12:00 am - Change is frustratingly slow. Emphasis sometimes on frustratingly. I'm thinking now of two particular scourges that for years have been causes célèbre for the Daily Hera...
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Rumors of a new cold war have real roots in historyFeb 26, 2015 12:00 am - When the world is as dangerous and askew as it seems today, our nation's capital easily becomes rife with speculation. Rumors rule, and the globe is cracked with incoher...
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History is in the eye of the beholderFeb 26, 2015 12:00 am - Some of you reading this might feel an uncomfortable little twinge in the gut, but I believe the time has come to honestly address an issue that a scarce few are willing...
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Obama wise not to change nature of intra-Muslim fightFeb 25, 2015 12:00 am - Looking around the world, I see little but debacles. Vladimir Putin has his way with Ukraine, treating Europe and the United States with the contempt they have so assidu...
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Obama controls his message by cracking the digital codeFeb 25, 2015 12:00 am - YOLO! That's slang for "You only live once," and the phrase was popularized by the rapper Drake in his 2011 hit song "The Motto." (We had to look that one up.) It was al...
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Taming government's 'Leviathan by proxy'Feb 24, 2015 12:00 am - For the six years of the Obama presidency, or perhaps the last 35 years since Ronald Reagan's election, American politics has been dominated by a debate on the size and ...
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Victory not found in the words of warFeb 24, 2015 12:00 am - Channel-surfing the nightly cable news, one is reminded that certitude is the enemy of sanity. On both Fox News and MSNBC, conversation has centered lately on the propo...
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Budget is inadequate, but it's just the beginningFeb 22, 2015 12:00 am - Now it begins. After two years of campaigning to lower taxes and increase spending, Bruce Rauner was mandated to do the math and show his work. Unfortunately, the number...
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Gov. Rauner 'resets' IllinoisFeb 22, 2015 12:00 am - "Dire circumstances call for drastic measures" - a sobering message that resonated throughout Illinois as Gov. Bruce Rauner offered his first budget blueprint. I believe...