Articles filed under Commentary
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The irony of Hastert's constitutional defenseNov 27, 2015 12:00 am - Those who revel in the fall of Dennis Hastert might find sobering the notion of just how close he apparently came to entirely avoiding criminal prosecution. It could be ...
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There's more to defeating ISIS than blustery rhetoricNov 26, 2015 12:00 am - By Gene Lyons "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire Years before Navy Seals killed Osama bin Laden, this column argued...
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Let's remember some of the good stories todayNov 26, 2015 12:00 am - With apologies to Paul Harvey: You know what the bad news is; today let's celebrate the rest of the story of who we are. For we are not ISIS, and we are not Boko Haram, ...
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Bombs, boots aren't enough to beat 'crazy'Nov 25, 2015 12:00 am - One week, Beirut and Paris; the next week, Mali. The nightmare is young. Where next? The pace and threat of terror seem to have picked up, each incident feeding on the p...
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The Trump effect, still 'understated'Nov 25, 2015 12:00 am - The presidential candidate who has consistently led the Republican field for four months, Donald Trump, has proposed: forcibly expel 11 million people from the country, ...
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Princeton debate ignores the whole WilsonNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - At Princeton University, the image and name of Woodrow Wilson could soon be erased. He was the school's president from 1902 to 1910, reforming it, transforming it and se...
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Tax increases are wrong for Cook CountyNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - Last Wednesday, the Cook County Board passed its 2016 budget, which is balanced by over half a billion dollars in new taxes. I voted NO. Next year, you will pay more to ...
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Guest View: Why we should not label terrorists 'radical Islam'Nov 19, 2015 5:00 am - By Keith Peterson Democratic candidates and the Obama administration have come under fire for their reluctance to use the term "radical Islam" to describe the brutal adv...
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Gene Lyons: Let's get serious: Carson can't winNov 19, 2015 4:12 am - At the expense of spoiling all the fun, let's get real about Dr. Ben Carson's presidential campaign. Every four years, rural Iowa Republicans fall raptly in love with a ...
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Richard Cohen: Our common enemy is intoleranceNov 19, 2015 4:00 am - The eminent historian and public intellectual Niall Ferguson looked at what happened in Paris and somehow saw Rome. In his column for The Sunday Times of London, he conj...