Articles filed under Commentary
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Why the VA scandal sticksMay 27, 2014 5:01 am - Why do some political scandals stick while others fade? The level of media obsession seems to rise and fall as mysteriously as the stock market. On Benghazi, sell. Hold ...
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Wheaton family still sees 'hope' despite son's fatal heroin overdoseMay 25, 2014 5:01 am - Only two weeks after her 19-year-old son died from a heroin overdose, his mother sent an email titled "A story that needs to be heard" to prep sports writer Dave Oberhel...
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U.S. must condemn persecution in IranMay 25, 2014 1:00 am - Sitting on the shores of Lake Michigan in Wilmette, is the breathtakingly beautiful Bahá'í House of Worship, one of only seven temples of its type in the world. The temp...
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Get ready for a season of promisesMay 23, 2014 5:01 am - In 1933, newly elected Illinois Gov. Henry Horner took office at the height of the Great Depression. A huge chunk of the state's workforce was unemployed, many schooltea...
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Keeping the Holocaust in memoryMay 22, 2014 5:01 am - Several years ago, I attended the bar mitzvah of a friend's son. Uniquely in my experience - and, I'd bet, most people's experience - all of the boy's four grandparents ...
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Blackhawks should lead out on mascot changeMay 21, 2014 11:00 pm - The controversy surrounding NBA owner Donald Sterling has reignited a discussion of racism in American sports, which, these days, inevitably links to the debate over the...
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Letter from the Editor: An inspired vow to cover suburban challengesMay 21, 2014 5:30 am - To our Readers: A week ago, we joined thousands of community leaders from across the Chicago area who got together in small groups to break bread and talk about improvin...
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Prepare yourself for more of the sameMay 21, 2014 5:01 am - I felt a brief surge of hope about Congress a few weeks ago. It was returning from Easter recess, and Capitol Hill was filled with talk about immigration reform, a minim...
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Love and 'The Normal Heart'May 21, 2014 5:01 am - Eddie called himself a private detective, although all he really did was repossess cars. He would show up around 4 p.m. at the cafe where I worked after school, have his...
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Hillary and Jill went up the hillMay 20, 2014 5:01 am - With The New York Times' sudden dismissal of Executive Editor Jill Abramson and Karl Rove's suggestion that Hillary Clinton might have brain damage, the curtain opened o...