Articles filed under Commentary
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Ever so small signs this insanity won’t happen againOct 20, 2013 5:00 am - In the last hours of the government shutdown, the bizarre got even more bizarre. Progressive clergy and low-wage workers affected by the shutdown visited more than a doz...
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The women are taking overOct 18, 2013 5:00 am - The headline in The Washington Post read, “Moderates flex muscle.” Below that were pictures of 12 senators, six from each party, who are helping to forge a bipartisan co...
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The marvelous middleOct 17, 2013 5:00 am - This just in from a new Esquire/NBC News study: There are more Americans in the vast middle than on either the left or right. Who didn’t know? Certainly those Americans...
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Farewell to tears: A Libertyville High School Homecoming memoryOct 16, 2013 10:45 am - After Annie was born 23 years ago with Down syndrome, I cried. A lot. I cried because all the books we bought after her diagnosis were filled with scary medical, social...
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Many risks, few rewards in warming debateOct 16, 2013 5:00 am - The fifth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has provided undeniable proof of a remarkable phenomenon: a public debate even more bitter and p...
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The crisis of indifferenceOct 16, 2013 5:00 am - This is how it happened. The migrants came from Eritrea, which is on the Horn of Africa and where the per capita income is about $800 a year. They sold everything they h...
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Baseball isn’t dying — it’s thrivingOct 15, 2013 5:00 am - For readers who skip the sports page, an update: There are no New York teams in the MLB playoffs this season. The Mets were dreadful right out of spring training, while ...
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Enough from the ‘Sonnys’ of CongressOct 15, 2013 5:00 am - In trying to understand the Republican Party’s internal battles, it helps to think of Michael and Sonny. Corleone, that is. On one side we have Sonny — the hotheaded, im...
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Tips for making your voice heardOct 14, 2013 5:00 am - The Illinois General Assembly will be back in session Oct. 22-24 and again in November. When was the last time your contacted your legislator to let him or her know how ...
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Effort against a viral killer hits its final stageOct 13, 2013 5:00 am - ATLANTA — Following a walk through nearly empty hallways, there is no receptionist at Dr. Thomas Frieden’s outer office. Just a ring-for-service sign. The director of th...