Articles filed under Commentary
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One geezer's rebuttal to the knock on AuroraAug 30, 2015 1:00 am - As a former Auroran, I was deeply offended when news broke of an online survey that decreed, of the 150 biggest towns in the nation, Aurora was the third-lousiest place ...
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Affirming a right to dieAug 30, 2015 1:00 am - SAN DIEGO - Brittany Maynard was soon to die. The question was whether she could do so on her own terms, as a last act of autonomy. Dr. Lynette Cederquist, who regrets t...
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We need to shift to new front in War on DrugsAug 28, 2015 1:00 am - We have spent decades fighting the War on Drugs. The enemies have been heroin, cocaine and marijuana. We have associated drugs with the dark alleys and dimly lit corners...
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It's Time to Free Students From DebtAug 27, 2015 1:00 am - Butch Hancock, one of Austin's finest singer-songwriters, grew up in the Texas Panhandle, out among dryland farmers and strict fundamentalist Christians. Butch once told...
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Partisan pundits predict Hillary's downfall -- againAug 26, 2015 1:00 am - Same as it ever was. Once again, according to pundits on the influential Washington, D.C., cocktail-party circuit, Hillary Clinton is in deep trouble. Rolling down the ...
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Plastic bag bans doing more harm than goodAug 26, 2015 1:00 am - The last couple months, the war on plastic bags has seemingly gained key victories in the city of Chicago and the state of Hawaii, where plastic bag bans have gone into ...
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It's leadership that matters in mass evilAug 25, 2015 1:00 am - DACHAU - It is August and the parking lots are full. Throngs course through the barracks, stroll the once-electrified perimeter, view huge photos of horror and, inevitab...
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The 2016 field is full of deadbeatsAug 25, 2015 1:00 am - There's a certain demographic in this country - it's unseemly to mention the specific population by name - that has no sense of personal responsibility. I don't know whe...
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VA whistleblowers need more protectionAug 23, 2015 1:00 am - Illinois is home to more than 700,000 men and women who have served our country in a military uniform. Throughout the state we entrust five Department of Veterans Affair...
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The circular nature of liquor controlAug 22, 2015 1:00 pm - A short story in some Saturday editions - St. Charles taking a pass on initiating its own ban on happy hour, which the state recently re-legalized - prompted a walk down...