Articles filed under Commentary
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Be wise in choice of energy efficiency plansMay 07, 2015 1:00 am - Seven years ago, the employees of ComEd made a commitment to our customers to deliver a portfolio of energy-saving programs that would one day be world class. Last month...
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A return to Nixonland?May 06, 2015 1:00 am - Rick Perlstein prefaces his book "Nixonland" by noting that in 1964 Lyndon Johnson, the liberal Democrat, won one of the biggest landslides in American history. Eight ye...
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Wife of the partyMay 05, 2015 1:00 am - The life of the wife of a presidential candidate can sometimes be like the government. Taxing. You wake up and blink through that first cup of coffee, trying to register...
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No justification for proposed bobcat hunts in IllinoisMay 04, 2015 1:00 am - Illinois' still-recovering bobcat population is once again in the crosshairs of state lawmakers. Two identical bills, SB 106 and HB 352, seek to open a hunting and trap...
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Alliances shift in the sands of the Middle EastMay 03, 2015 1:00 am - Allies are a wonderful thing to have when you're fighting your way around the world. We would never have won our Revolution without France's support, for instance, and W...
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Money and politics: we need change nowMay 01, 2015 5:45 am - I've seen a lot over my decades in politics, and not much alarms me. But I have to be blunt: Money is poisoning our political system. The people who matter most to a r...
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2016: Yes, it's early, but pay attention nowMay 01, 2015 1:00 am - It's conventional wisdom that the 2016 Republican presidential race is at such an early stage that the polls don't matter. They're just a measurement of name recognition...
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Slusher: Tweets, reality TV and confusing excitementApr 30, 2015 1:00 am - I wonder if you can guess which part of this phrase, which I noticed while reviewing Twitter one day last week, got me to click on the link that followed: "that is not h...
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Obama the trade salesmanApr 30, 2015 1:00 am - President Obama faces a big selling job: pushing massive trade deals, now nearing conclusion with Asia and Europe, through a recalcitrant Congress. The facts are on his ...
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The baggage Hillary bringsApr 30, 2015 1:00 am - Assuming there is no direct quid pro quo in the thicket of Clinton Foundation donations and State Department decisions - an assumption that may make an abettor out of yo...