Articles filed under Commentary
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The courage of Brittany MaynardNov 06, 2014 4:01 am - The death of death is fast approaching - fast being a matter of decades or maybe more, but sooner or later science will kill the Grim Reaper and future generations will ...
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Viewing political corruption more broadlyOct 26, 2014 5:01 am - Earlier this year, veteran political writer Thomas Edsall reported an eyebrow-raising fact about Americans' views toward government. Polling by Gallup, he noted, found t...
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Why don't heroes ever claim their well-deserved title?Oct 26, 2014 5:01 am - Sunday Soapbox. Musings of your neighborhood editor. Heroic: As is almost always the case, people who do heroic things don't call themselves "heroes." "Just doing m...
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Put brakes on gambling expansionOct 26, 2014 1:00 am - It has been two years since the first legal video slot machines were installed in Illinois. In just 24 months more than 18,000 slot machines have been installed at more ...
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A heckler's reasoning on immigrationOct 15, 2014 5:01 am - When someone puts herself at risk to make a point, the rest of us might ask why she stuck her neck out. But she could just as well turn the question around and ask us wh...
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A remedy for high turnoverOct 14, 2014 5:01 am - ASPEN, Colo. - One of the challenges that advocates are discussing here at an anti-poverty conference in Aspen - yes, I realize the irony - is getting buy-in from the pr...
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A president lacking menaceOct 14, 2014 1:01 am - Tell me something: What do you think would happen if the United States concludes that Iran has been cheating and delaying and is about to pop a fully functional nuclear ...
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Facebook friends: Please, please 'like' this columnOct 12, 2014 5:01 am - I just knew this was going to be a big hit with my Facebook friends. Overcome with buyer's remorse after purchasing a pair of all-white workout shoes, I posted the quest...
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Obama's tendency toward inactionOct 12, 2014 5:01 am - Disloyal or not, former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has delivered a root-and-branch critique of President Obama's approach to the Middle East. In his new book, "Wor...
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Introspection time for evangelicalsSep 28, 2014 5:01 am - Christian conservatives are often the subject of study by academics, who seem to find their culture as foreign as that of Borneo tribesmen. And this is a particularly in...