Articles filed under Commentary
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How a Cohen run could do more harm than goodMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Illinois politics has, in the past, had some amazing twists and turns. We have seen Election Day backstabbing or knifing, strange political coalitions form and then disa...
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Sounds of insecurityMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - In a TV commercial about buying gold, former Watergate figure and current radio talk show host Gordon Liddy transfers several coins from one hand to the other and says, ...
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A changed AmericaMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Fifty years ago, when he was writing what is still the best account ever of a presidential election campaign, "The Making of the President 1960," Theodore H. White devot...
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It's Greek to meMay 08, 2010 11:00 pm - It really is. Take a look at the front page of Drudge, or any of the news broadcasts, and it's enough to break the heart of all of us who love almost all things Greek. I...
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Miranda and public safetyMay 08, 2010 11:00 pm - "(Law enforcement) interviewed Mr. Shahzad ... under the public safety exception to the Miranda rule. ... He was eventually ... Mirandized and continued talking." - John...
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True reform means ending 'too big to fail'May 06, 2010 11:00 pm - True financial reform must accomplish two things in my view: preserve the integrity of our nation's financial system and protect taxpayers from future bailouts. The fina...
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Regulation, transparency key to reformsMay 06, 2010 11:00 pm - If you find the ongoing debate over financial reform legislation confusing, you're not alone. The financial industry that made a fortune by recklessly and unethically ga...
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End bailouts: past, present and futureMay 05, 2010 11:00 pm - It's agreed. Taxpayers hate the bailouts. So do I, and so do most of my colleagues. In fact, many of the big Wall Street firms that received funds under the original bai...
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False-memory syndromeMay 03, 2010 11:00 pm - If you haven't heard the name Sue Lowden, brace yourself. She is a Republican who might well become a U.S. senator from Nevada, and judging by her idea for containing he...
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A lesson for GOP from across the pondMay 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat candidate for prime minister and the Susan Boyle of British politics, said something during the first debate on April 15 that resonated with...