Articles filed under Commentary
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Naperville Rotary Club talk leads to digital angstApr 15, 2012 5:00 am - I approached Bob Smith, our intrepid city editor, with an urgent request: Bob, I said, we have to find a way to make this work so I don’t look like an idiot. The occasio...
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Latest girl fight merely a diversionApr 15, 2012 5:00 am - For reasons that don’t interest me much, “girl fights” have always had a particular tug on our imaginations. Thus, when consultant/pundit/Democrat Hilary Rosen commente...
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Ozzie in need of remedial math, social science tutoringApr 12, 2012 12:29 pm - When I asked my mom what she thought about Ozzie Guillen’s recent comments regarding Fidel Castro, she replied, “Echarle vinagre a una herida!;” a Cuban saying which tra...
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Titanic: The realityApr 12, 2012 1:00 am - BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Here, where Titanic, the massive White Star Line luxury liner, was built — the joke for years has been, “It was fine when it left here.” This...
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Appealing to the human voteApr 11, 2012 5:00 am - Mitt Romney’s electoral trouble with women — more precisely with college-educated women — is real enough. Recent polling has Romney trailing President Obama by 18 points...
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The car the right wing can’t killApr 10, 2012 5:00 am - Imagine that. Former Republican President George H.W. Bush recently bought his son Neil a Chevrolet Volt as a birthday present. This is the car that all right-thinking r...
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Mitt unzippedApr 09, 2012 5:00 am - Mitt Romney “unzipped” is the stuff of cartoonists’ dreams. The image suggested came from none other than his wife, Ann, when a Baltimore radio interviewer asked whethe...
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What happened to Trayvon Martin?Apr 09, 2012 5:00 am - What happened to Trayvon Martin? The short answer: I don’t know. I know that he was shot by George Zimmerman while wearing a hoodie and carrying Skittles. No weapons of ...
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The killing fields of childhoodApr 08, 2012 5:00 am - MONGU, Zambia — In a global anti-malaria movement I saw begin in Oval Office meetings and international summits, Mongu is at the end of a very long road. Located in west...
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COD-faculty dispute takes on a life of its ownApr 08, 2012 5:00 am - Early this year, I relayed the story of how I suggested to group of suburban school superintendents many years ago that contract talks between the administration and fac...