Articles filed under Commentary
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Chicago-sized test of willsJul 05, 2012 5:00 am - CHICAGO — The title of the nation’s largest labor union — the National Education Association — seems calculated to blur the fact that it is a teachers union. In this blu...
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Executive women are not that special, eitherJul 04, 2012 1:52 pm - Two cultural events have caught our attention this season. One is the stern graduation speech at Wellesley (Mass.) High School in which teacher David McCullough Jr. told...
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John Roberts’ arroganceJul 04, 2012 5:00 am - The Simpsons on unpredictable judges: Marge: “Do you want your son to become chief justice of the Supreme Court, or a sleazy male stripper?” Homer: “Can’t he be both, ...
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Feeling the heatJul 03, 2012 12:49 pm - Still don’t believe in climate change? Then you’re either deep in denial or delirious from the heat. As I write this, the nation’s capital and its suburbs are in post-a...
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Blame ‘Pension Ramp’ for state’s liabilityJul 03, 2012 5:00 am - If you want to believe “unaffordable” pension benefits promised to public sector workers like teachers and social workers caused Illinois’ outsized, $83 billion unfunded...
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Justice Roberts’ resurrectionJul 03, 2012 5:00 am - The Supreme Court ruling on health care reform was like Palm Sunday in reverse: First they crucified Chief Justice John Roberts, then, upon his ruling, they hauled out t...
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Here’s to the Yankee Doodle liberalJul 02, 2012 5:00 am - In 1940, a Los Angeles jury released testimony linking James Cagney to the Communist Party, or at least to “communist members, sympathizers or heavy contributors.” He ha...
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Should the West believe Egypt’s new president?Jul 02, 2012 5:00 am - Throughout America’s history, there have been people who denied threats from our enemies. During the Revolutionary War, significant numbers sided with the British monarc...
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Romney’s strategic failure on immigrationJul 01, 2012 5:00 am - Washington, in common with Rome or Qom, periodically defers to the judgments of the impressively robed — the ex cathedra portion of the political season. The constitutio...
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Supreme politicsJul 01, 2012 5:00 am - You have to hand it to the chief justice. He saved the health care bill and with it, perhaps, the Supreme Court’s reputation as something other than the third branch of ...