Articles filed under Commentary
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When it comes to worldview, pope can travel where a politician must fear to treadApr 12, 2016 1:00 am - Imagine emerging from a rocky political week only to announce, as Bernie Sanders did, that, oh, by the way, the Vatican called. Actually, it was the Pontifical Academy o...
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Finding a balance between interactive and imaginativeApr 11, 2016 1:00 am - It is becoming more and more commonplace that young children are spending their free time in front of television sets and tablets or holding gaming consoles and mobile p...
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Hillary Clinton's antiseptic campaignApr 10, 2016 1:00 am - "What we are seeing is post-purchase cognitive dissonance," a well-connected former Democratic official told me. Hillary Clinton has effectively secured her party's nomi...
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Fairdale man's tornado video tells haunting storyApr 09, 2016 2:00 pm - It's not just that Clem Schultz's video has gained international attention, his harrowing cellphone footage is remarkable on many levels. Susan Sarkauskas wrote the stor...
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Karl Rove says 'fresh face' might be best GOP nomineeApr 08, 2016 1:00 am - One thing that unites many supporters of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz is the suspicion that party elders might try to hand the Republican presidential nomination to another...
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Obama outclasses Trump and CruzApr 06, 2016 1:00 am - An old friend recently told me about a remarkable conversation she'd had with her mother, who is 95. A white resident of the Deep South from birth, she'd shown a lifelon...
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Obama's hubris is on the looseApr 06, 2016 1:00 am - Donald Trump, sure to be a mystery to future historians, is heading for his preordained crackup, tripping over a tongue bigger even than his hands. To some, his performa...
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Easter attack spotlights Christian persecutionApr 05, 2016 1:00 am - American Christians feel safe in the United States - religious freedom, after all, was one of the rights the American experiment was all about. That freedom, and the way...
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Trump: the liberal stereotype of RepublicansApr 05, 2016 1:00 am - This campaign season has offered an unexpected form of reality television entertainment: Watching the light of discovery and calculation in Donald Trump's eyes when he i...
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Constitution change needed to remedy gridlockApr 04, 2016 1:00 am - As a former Illinois budget director under Gov. Pat Quinn for the four years following the Great Recession, I am disappointed to hear the gridlock in our current governo...