Articles filed under Commentary
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Target overly generous state salaries to cut budgetJun 27, 2014 5:01 am - Citizens and politicians agree: Illinois' budget is a mess. Yet nothing ever seems to be done about it. Why not? Because one-third of the state's spending - employee com...
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This is National HIV Testing Day: Know your statusJun 26, 2014 11:00 pm - It has been more than 30 years since Secretary of Health and Human Services Margaret Heckler made a historic announcement. "The probable cause of AIDS has been found," s...
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You'll find much world-class talent when you go localJun 25, 2014 11:00 pm - Random thoughts: • If you're interested in the arts and entertainment, I hope you're following our stories and the events in our Suburban Chicago's Got Talent competitio...
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The enigmatic warJun 25, 2014 5:01 am - This is a splendid time to remember the First World War. It started 100 years ago this month with the June 28 shooting of the Austrian archduke and his wife. By the end ...
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Suburban Chicago's schools: Not as good as parents thinkJun 25, 2014 1:01 am - Are Illinois' public schools that serve many middle-class children performing well? Their parents think so. But many of these schools are not as good as they think. That...
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Iraq must be saved from extremistsJun 24, 2014 5:01 am - The debate over who lost Iraq is tempting, emotionally satisfying and even, in some cases, historically instructive. But it is not the focus of serious foreign policy th...
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Survey says: Naperville snobbish, New Lenox boringJun 21, 2014 11:00 pm - Imagine my shock and dismay. While on my first cup of coffee, I received a text message from my sister. Naperville, the town we grew up in, had been decreed the fourth-s...
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Election-year budget benefits no oneJun 20, 2014 1:01 am - We expect elected officials to address societal needs with well-designed, effective policy initiatives. Of course, the overtly political milieu in which public policy is...
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The reality conservatives must faceJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - Various factions of the GOP continue to rummage through House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's astonishing primary loss for confirmation of their pre-existing views. The en...
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The useful distinction between analysis, opinionJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - Is there a difference between analysis and opinion? Yes, there is, and it's an important distinction for news consumers to think about. A good place to start the reflect...