Articles filed under Commentary
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Warm thoughts in an Arkansas icestormFeb 20, 2015 12:00 am - Housebound in an ice storm, the columnist finds himself distracted by online trivia and tempted to yell at the TV: • Washington Post headline: "Williams undone by his gi...
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A life lived as a tall taleFeb 19, 2015 12:00 am - A beloved friend of mine died this week, but not any kind of ordinary friend. Arnaud de Borchgrave just happened to be, to my mind and to many other discriminating ones,...
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With the budget, the president calls the shotsFeb 19, 2015 12:00 am - It may not be obvious from the news coverage, but a good bit of Congress's 2015 agenda just landed on Capitol Hill with a thud. I mean this literally. The federal budget...
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Board chief: Facts show buyout was in best interests of CODFeb 17, 2015 12:00 am - There has been much attention focused on the College of DuPage Board of Trustees' recent vote to approve a retirement buyout of President Robert Breuder's remaining cont...
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Scott Walker and his disappointing dodgeFeb 17, 2015 12:00 am - If I were a Republican, I think I might have supported Scott Walker for president. The man has a nice smile, nearly flunked French in college (so did I) and, most import...
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Jeb Bush rolls out kinder, gentle candidacyFeb 17, 2015 12:00 am - When Bushes run for president, they portray themselves as more caring, more gentle and more compassionate than their sometimes heartless and harshly ideological fellow R...
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A call for 'patient pluralism'Feb 15, 2015 12:00 am - The rapidity of progress by the gay rights movement - from Stonewall to likely Supreme Court vindication of gay marriage in a historical blink - is causing a series of s...
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Illinois must protect its nuclear energyFeb 13, 2015 12:00 am - President Obama's pursuit of climate change regulations, set to be finalized this summer, could make him the most progressive environmentalist to serve as president sinc...
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The universality of evilFeb 13, 2015 12:00 am - In 1916, a man by the name of Jesse Washington was accused of rape and murder and swiftly convicted. Washington was black and the woman was white and the location was Wa...
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Why did Brian Williams do it?Feb 12, 2015 12:00 am - These are tough times for NBC's Brian Williams - and tougher times for journalism. The NBC newsman was suspended Tuesday night for six months amid charges that he misre...