Articles filed under Commentary
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Wanted: Mojo all around in WashingtonNov 10, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Last week, voters made a powerful statement about leadership: They'd like some, please. So far, there's no evidence that either President Obama or the top ...
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Pure objectivity impossible, but still a good goalNov 09, 2010 10:00 pm - One question leapt to mind as I reviewed the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform's list of top contributors to the state governor's campaign. I don't care how rich he...
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Thank a veteran every day, ChicagoNov 09, 2010 10:00 pm - This Veterans Day, we Chicagoans should thank all veterans for the sacrifices they've made to defend and protect the freedoms we enjoy. The smallest gestures — like pic...
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Boehner, GOP sick with chronic irrationalityNov 08, 2010 10:00 pm - With a John Boehner speakership fast approaching, I dutifully read up on the man. I learned he is a Midwestern fellow, one of 12 siblings and a man whose early career wa...
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Indonesia trip is good foreign policyNov 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Barack Hussein Obama, the mixed-race president born in Hawaii, partly educated in Indonesia defender of a controversial Islamic center near ground zero in Manhattan is...
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The iceberg looms for DemocratsNov 07, 2010 10:00 pm - When Alexander Pope was on his deathbed, his doctor assured him that his breathing, pulse and other vital signs were improving. “Here I am,” Pope said to a friend, “dyin...
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Who will be in the mood to cooperate?Nov 06, 2010 11:00 pm - The cynic in me says that Democrats will learn nothing from the midterm election. They not only took a bath, they were effectively waterboarded by voters. Democrats lost...
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Ten thousand women and countingNov 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Helen Reddy's iconic “I am woman, hear me roar” is more likely to cause a cringe than goose bumps these days more a comical anthem to bra-burning histrionics than the s...
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A return to the normNov 05, 2010 11:00 pm - For all the turmoil, the spectacle, the churning for all the old bulls slain and fuzzy-cheeked freshmen born the great Republican wave of 2010 is simply a return to th...
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Pelosi a speaker who stood outNov 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Losing elections is an occupational hazard for politicians, so there's no need to get all weepy about the Democratic officeholders who suddenly find themselves with more...