Articles filed under Commentary
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Eric Garner case offers Obama a moment to seizeDec 11, 2014 4:01 am - The words, spoken about the Eric Garner travesty in New York, were righteous and powerful. "When you look at what they did to this guy and putting him in a chokehold lik...
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Slusher: A complexity in the conflict of media trustDec 11, 2014 4:01 am - Credibility is a concept that is always top of mind for newspapers, and some recent events have reinforced to me why that must be so. The theme of trust is most commonly...
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Revisiting the past by revising itDec 10, 2014 4:01 am - Japan is working hard at forgetting. Its prime minister, Shinzo Abe, suggests in code-talk that Japan was the victim of World War II - no war criminals at all, thank you...
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An act of exceptional recklessnessDec 10, 2014 4:01 am - With the release of the Feinstein report on CIA interrogations of high-value terrorists a decade ago, let's consider the situation of intelligence personnel who have bee...
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Millennials do indeed read newspapersDec 09, 2014 10:00 pm - It has become a never-ending quest to define millennials. Those ages 18 to 34 are often portrayed as a self-absorbed, narcissistic generation obsessed with technology. T...
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Flammable news coverageDec 07, 2014 4:01 am - As a parent of three young children, I want my kids to get in the habit of following current events. While I cook breakfast, they'll often sit on the couch and watch the...
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Clock is ticking toward higher health care premiumsDec 05, 2014 4:00 am - Illinois residents are now knee deep in the Affordable Care Act's second open enrollment period, which began on Nov. 15 and closes on Dec. 15. Many are finding what appe...
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There are many losers when the 'spin' winsDec 04, 2014 4:01 am - The late, great Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan was fond of saying, "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." His adage has become a familiar cli...
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How to make the financial behemoths behaveDec 03, 2014 4:01 am - I know a rich guy who parks wherever he wants - bus stops, hydrants, no-parking zones of all kinds. He gets ticketed of course and by the end of the year must pay severa...
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Shrinking the AIDS epidemic mapDec 03, 2014 4:01 am - My college roommate - the most immediately likable person I've ever met, a man who would now be such a present to the world - died of AIDS at the age of 30. Back then, p...