Articles filed under Commentary
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It seems almost anything goes with FHA loansOct 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Exactly who made Bernadine Shimon think that she could buy a new house shortly after declaring bankruptcy and losing another home to foreclosure? The American taxpayer, ...
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Disclosure as liberal coercionOct 31, 2009 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Conservatives here, a droll minority, say that under this city's quota system, when a conservative enters the city, one already here is required to leave. The...
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In pursuit of happinessOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Not long ago a group of writers decided to publish a book of essays we called: "Feminism Made Me Happy." It was an in-your-face title, a deliberate attempt to counter th...
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Democrats worth hearingOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Does anyone in Washington tell the truth? Why should Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid be believed when he promises states can "opt out" of a public option on health car...
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An apple for the secretaryOct 28, 2009 11:00 pm - By stalling on issues ranging from Afghanistan to immigration reform, President Obama has earned a reputation for being indecisive. Yet Obama did make one decision that ...
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Make newspaper your source for informed votingOct 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Here. They. Come. Oh, if only we could think of them like Douglas Adams' Perfectly Normal Beasts that come thundering out of another dimension twice a year to roar brief...
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A long-range strategy for educationOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - "Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got 'Til it's gone" - Joni Mitchell, "Big Yellow Taxi" Some conservatives are prematurely salivating over...
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Give the general only what he needsOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Years ago, I bought an old Time magazine - the issue with the 1965 Man of the Year on the cover. I stuffed it into an old picture frame and kept it around to remind me b...
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Franken sense: Amendment absurdityOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Picking one's battles has never been trickier, especially if you're a member of the benighted Republican Party. So the question is this: Do you support rape? And, of c...
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The moral case for reformsOct 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Springfield has been mired in a political morass for years now, but the Illinois General Assembly could begin redeeming itself by passing a strong campaign finance refor...