Articles filed under Commentary
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Behind the alerts, the unknownsOct 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Terrorism “alerts like the one issued recently by the State Department for travel to Europe tend to be vague. Officials want to warn the public without tipping off their...
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Say no to tax hike on investment incomeOct 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Figures from 2008 show that the median household income of all the communities in Avon Township in Lake County was $74,348, compared with the statewide average of $56,23...
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Boehner antes upOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - The Democrats were lying in wait for John Boehner when the Republican leader of the House announced that he would address the subject of congressional reform in a speech...
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Who wants to shake up the county board?Oct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Three days after my final college class, I landed my first “real job, reporter for the now-shuttered Daily Journal. I'd somehow fallen into the premier beat coverage of...
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Terrorism of a personal kindOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - The schoolyard bully used to work his fists. His target might go home with a black eye, but the bruise would eventually go away. Later in life, victim and victimizer mig...
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A private matter of public concernOct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - The suicide of an 18-year-old Rutgers University student following an unimaginable invasion of his privacy has launched an overdue examination of casual and possibly cr...
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Help save the American dreamOct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Only God knows how it has come to be, because I definitely do not. I do know that it has come about that the mantle of Abraham Lincoln has fallen on the shoulders of Pre...
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All hired help is deserving of decencyOct 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Here we go again. Meg Whitman says she had no idea that she was employing an illegal immigrant for nine years and fired Nikki Diaz Santillan as soon as she found out. P...
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Trouble, by the numbersOct 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Sometimes the most important clues are hiding in plain view. That was the case in late June, when the Gallup Organization reported that the share of voters who describe ...
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Yes, the Swedish ModelOct 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Swedish voters have re-elected their center-right prime minister, and that has caused rejoicing among my right-wing colleagues. "Sweden votes for tax cuts, privatization...