Articles filed under Commentary
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How Illinois Democrats plan to raise taxes again (in five easy steps)Sep 06, 2013 5:00 am - Illinois politicians have their faults, but one of their most salient traits is that they are creatures of habit. They often wear their political playbook on their sleev...
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Rallying around a gestureSep 06, 2013 5:00 am - In mid-June, the Obama administration said it would begin arming Syrian rebels, partly in response to the use of chemical weapons by the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Refug...
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Republicans look to change structure of campaign debatesSep 05, 2013 5:00 am - “They’re really thinking outside the box,” says one well-connected source of the Republican National Committee’s effort to reform its system of presidential primary deba...
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The ‘More or Less Diet’ and the online news cycleSep 05, 2013 5:00 am - Yes, that headline is deliberately gratuitous. Here’s why: Ron Fournier, a national political commentator and former Associated Press executive, tweeted the following on...
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Mirror, mirror: The president contemplates warSep 04, 2013 5:00 am - The president is up early, already showered and preparing to shave. Wiping steam from the mirror, he grimaces slightly at his image. Obama: Good grief, I look old. So m...
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Case of teen culture run amokSep 04, 2013 5:00 am - Miley Cyrustwerked. I had to look up the word since my indefatigable spell checker had no idea what I meant. I discovered from Wikipedia that twerking “involves a person...
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Impeachment is the right’s new lost causeSep 03, 2013 5:00 am - Sometimes politics is like high-stakes poker. If you look around the table after a few hands and you can’t tell who’s the pigeon, citizen, chances are it’s you: the guy ...
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The preacher and the politicianSep 03, 2013 5:00 am - A speech at the Lincoln Memorial, on the 50th anniversary of perhaps the greatest American speech since Lincoln breathed his last, is a speechwriter’s nightmare. It is c...
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Fast-food strikes only fight the futureSep 01, 2013 5:00 am - Last week, labor-backed walkouts targeted fast-food outlets in over a dozen major American cities from coast to coast, including Chicago. Workers were demanding a more-t...
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Miley’s mandate: Return to pruderyAug 30, 2013 12:27 pm - MOUNTAINTOP, N.C. — If opinions differ on Miley Cyrus’ raunchy performance during MTV’s recent Video Music Awards, on one thing we all can agree: Miley loves her tongue....