Articles filed under Commentary
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Workers took advantage of light snowFeb 01, 2012 4:00 am - Here it is a Saturday morning, the sun is just rising and a township snowplow is going down the street. Not an uncommon occurrence in the winter, but, really, for a quar...
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The GOP’s assault on GingrichJan 31, 2012 4:00 am - When the empire strikes back, it hits hard. The Republican establishment is deploying every weapon and every soldier — even Bob Dole — in an increasingly desperate attem...
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Onward civilian soldiersJan 31, 2012 4:00 am - War, said James Madison, is “the true nurse of executive aggrandizement.” Randolph Bourne, the radical essayist killed by the influenza unleashed by World War I, warned,...
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Florida’s Latino vote is up for grabsJan 31, 2012 4:00 am - All eyes are on Florida because it’s the first primary where Latino voters can have a significant impact on the presidential contest. Expect it to offer meaningful predi...
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I want my planet backJan 30, 2012 4:00 am - Florida is the state that put the first man on the moon, NBC’s Brian Williams noted at the Republican presidential debate in Tampa. He asked the candidates, “At a time w...
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The author of nightmaresJan 30, 2012 4:00 am - DUNGU, Democratic Republic of the Congo — Francoise, age 16, talks quietly, revealing a shy smile only after praise for her tight cornrows. While walking to school four ...
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The State of the Union flopJan 29, 2012 4:00 am - Once upon a time, small ball was not Barack Obama’s game. Tuesday, it was the essence of his State of the Union address. The visionary of 2008 — purveyor of hope and cha...
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An argument Obama can winJan 29, 2012 4:00 am - If you heard a loud “gulp” after President Obama’s State of the Union address, it probably came from Republican political strategists as they realized their party’s odds...
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Answer to morgue mess? Don't die in Cook CountyJan 28, 2012 11:00 pm - If the only certainties in life are death and taxes, then a morgue is one of the few places where those two realities intersect. Or, in the case of the Cook County morgu...
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Bloated hype aside, it’s still a crisisJan 27, 2012 4:00 am - Friends, don’t believe the hype. Despite well-intentioned headlines proclaiming that the obesity crisis has finally leveled off, we can’t yet say “mission accomplished.”...