Articles filed under Commentary
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America's 'slacktivist' tendenciesJan 04, 2015 4:01 am - I wanted to do something for my country during the holidays, so I went to the movies. I watched the Christmas Day opening of "The Interview," to show North Korea that I ...
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Rubio's Cuba 'gift'Jan 04, 2015 4:01 am - President Obama probably gave his wife and daughters some nice presents for Christmas. But he saved the best gift for Marco Rubio. It's called resurrection. Last week, t...
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Illinois needs stricter spending, not more taxesJan 02, 2015 4:01 am - It's no secret that Illinois' finances are a disaster. But as a new administration takes charge, expect the situation to get worse before it gets better. The current sta...
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Could 'Interview' give Hollywood a conscience?Dec 31, 2014 12:01 am - If I were a cartoonist, a phrase cartoonists are loath to hear, I'd sketch a chubby imp donned in a diaper, sporting a chia mohawk and munching the last Big Mac on earth...
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A need for common ground in police workDec 30, 2014 4:01 am - When Ismaaiyl Brinsley approached a police car in Brooklyn, what he saw was two cops, Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, and he killed them both. Ramos was of Dominican desce...
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Room for non-conformityDec 30, 2014 4:01 am - The movie "The Imitation Game" has revived deserved interest in Alan Turing, the eccentric genius of Bletchley Park who helped create the marvelous machine that broke Na...
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Next election, Jeb and Hill need each otherDec 28, 2014 4:01 am - Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton badly need each other. They cancel out each others' greatest weaknesses and deprive their foes of some of their strongest arguments. Both ha...
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It's not as bad as you think, AmericaDec 28, 2014 4:01 am - We are one glum country. Trust in the federal government is at historic lows, according to Gallup. More than half of the respondents to an October Rasmussen poll think o...
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Expand tax credit instead of raising the wageDec 26, 2014 4:01 am - In an "emergency session" earlier this month, a majority of Chicago's aldermen voted to raise the municipal wage to $13 by 2019. The pressure now moves to Springfield, w...
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Slusher: Sound, fury and two words that signify everythingDec 25, 2014 12:01 am - The Daily Herald publishes millions of words every year. On the Opinion page alone, we print hundreds of thousands, all intended in some way to engage your heart or mind...