Articles filed under Commentary
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Illinois schools don't have to be mired in the middleJul 25, 2014 5:01 am - Illinois's achievement in education is mired in the middle of the states. If Illinois were to make a major commitment to transforming how we educate our children, we wou...
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Limousine liberalism's good worksJul 24, 2014 1:01 am - Is it hypocritical for a really, really rich person to object to rising inequality? I've been thinking about this in light of the derision the Clintons are facing for ch...
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Angry impasse threatens border solutionJul 24, 2014 1:00 am - After more than a year of contentious debate, could Congress be any more divided over the issue of immigration? The answer is yes. In the House, positions are hardening ...
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A fight for Israel's existenceJul 23, 2014 1:01 am - Israel fought its first war, in 1948, against five Arab nations - Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan - as well as the Palestinians. In the prediction of the fairly n...
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America the heartlessJul 22, 2014 5:01 am - Before it's too late, Americans need to turn their attention back to the children. The lost children of Central America have themselves gotten lost in the fog of debate ...
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Corrupting citizens for fun and profitJul 20, 2014 5:01 am - Two of the larger social trends of our time - the growth of payday gambling and the legalization of marijuana - have two things in common: They are justified as the expa...
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Heroic cabbie, oil change guys and CODJul 20, 2014 1:00 am - Some opinions require lots of words and elaboration. This is my Sunday Soapbox, not-so-briefly-stated commentary from one Daily Herald editor, shamelessly stolen from th...
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American dream out of reach for too manyJul 18, 2014 5:00 am - June 2 was my last day of work. It's been only five months since I joined the global marketing team of a respected, multinational technology company based in the Chicago...
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It's who they are, not what they sayJul 17, 2014 5:01 am - Talons drawn, the media have descended upon Chelsea Clinton. Again. Not for her frizzy hair, now smoothed with a killer blowout, or for that preteen metal mouth, now bra...
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Display pages keep art in the joy of newspaper readingJul 17, 2014 1:00 am - What caught my attention was the headline for Wednesday's Food section: SIPPING AWAY ... SUMMER DAYS ... and the pleasant, break-a-few-rules design. The words sipping an...