Articles filed under Commentary
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In hopes of American warmth at EidSep 09, 2010 11:00 pm - The presents are wrapped, the new clothes are ironed and the cookies are baked. My family and I are all set for Eid. Muslims follow a lunar calendar, so Eid falls 10 day...
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Weighing free speech, safety of troopsSep 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Here's a really bad idea: Burn the Quran to send a message. Exactly what message is being sent is a matter of some debate. The 50-member "Dove World Outreach Center" and...
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Telling of some stories relies on readers' reasonSep 08, 2010 11:00 pm - I have talked in this space in the past about ubiquitous news stories whose origins cannot be divined or explained but which must be followed because people have become ...
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A president defined by othersSep 07, 2010 11:00 pm - One of the unintended results of the redecoration of the Oval Office was the downsizing of Barack Obama. In last week's prime-time address to the nation, the president s...
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What true revival looks likeSep 07, 2010 11:00 pm - In calling for a spiritual revival in America at his Lincoln Memorial rally Aug. 28, talk show host Glenn Beck reached back into history and touched on a familiar theme....
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Parties mean little in governors' racesSep 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Professional partisans see every race as a mark on their team's scoreboard. But these activists err in treating the win of a state governorship and U.S. Senate seat as s...
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The overgrown environmentalism eraSep 06, 2010 11:00 pm - The collapsing crusade for legislation to combat climate change raises a question: Has ever a political movement made so little of so many advantages? Its implosion has ...
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Campaigns still lacking in substanceSep 05, 2010 11:00 pm - In a midterm election year, Labor Day usually kicks off Illinois' nonstop campaign season. Normally, candidates offer their platform and plans to deal with state policy ...
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History lessons of immigrationSep 05, 2010 11:00 pm - So the immigration debate has you confused and frustrated? Arnold Torres has it all figured out. "Those of us who have done this before can see every move two steps bef...
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Guest view: Illinois' video gambling venture may not last longSep 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Rollout time is nigh for the grand Illinois video gaming venture that in 2009 promised up to $500,000 in new state revenues to help meet the state's staggering deficit. ...