Articles filed under Commentary
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Slusher: Versatility a byword for journalistsJul 09, 2015 1:00 am - Some thoughts on recognition and multi-tasking in the news arena: A month ago, I wrote about the fundamental challenges news photographers face trying to capture meanin...
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'Witness Blumenthal' subjected to Benghazi beatingJul 07, 2015 1:00 am - Sometime soon, the House Select Committee on Benghazi will vote on whether to release the testimony of Sidney Blumenthal who, let us make no bones about it, is solemnly ...
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Testing alone won't solve high school alcohol and drug abuse problemsJul 06, 2015 1:00 am - We hear often of professional athletes who struggle with drug and alcohol abuse issues. But in almost every situation, these players did not suddenly turn pro and develo...
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Michelle Obama's second-term evolutionJul 05, 2015 1:00 am - First-term first ladies are often shadows to their more-important husbands, dabbling in light fare to avoid criticism and picking safe projects to shield them and their ...
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Don't give up on reforms for schools in povertyJul 03, 2015 1:00 am - Editor's note: WBEZ reporter Linda Lutton and editor Cate Cahan wrote a response to Dell'Angela's guest column. Click here to read it. Let's start with what we all...
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Religious and gay rights must coexistJul 02, 2015 1:00 am - It is often the fate of conservatives to be concerned about the fire code and occupancy limit at someone else's party. Never more conspicuously than concerning the Supre...
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Why do we persist in blundering into war?Jul 02, 2015 1:00 am - When another dramatic story sprang out of Iraq recently — that ISIS reduced the flow of water through a dam on the Euphrates to shrink the river and give them easier acc...
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GOP searches for strategy to counter Obama winning streakJun 30, 2015 1:00 am - Republicans have tried to pin the lame duck label on President Obama for quite a while now. But for a lame duck, Obama is doing pretty well. He won on Obamacare. He won ...
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Why the Charleston shooter was a failureJun 30, 2015 1:00 am - Has any murdering terrorist ever failed more dramatically than Dylann Storm Roof? Like any punk with a gun, he managed to slaughter nine blameless African-American Chris...
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The GOP's view from under the sandJun 30, 2015 1:00 am - If you're old enough to recall how the landslide election of Lyndon Johnson over the hapless Barry Goldwater supposedly spelled the end of the Republican Party, or how R...