Articles filed under Commentary
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Is 'white pride' source of pride or shame?Jul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Let me put it this way: Were I a driver in the demolition derby at the DuPage County Fair, would I put a sign bearing an iron cross and a painted "white pride" message o...
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Crucial dialogue on race is heightenedJul 29, 2009 11:00 pm - People say: Why are we still talking about Crowley and Gates? And then they commence to talk for 15 minutes about Crowley and Gates. The reason we persist is because the...
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Keeping things lively even in calm of summerJul 29, 2009 11:00 pm - It is 9:30 p.m. and Daily Herald reporter Christy Gutowski, already at the end of a long day of following courts in DuPage County, is banging out the lead to a scoop tha...
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Reality quashes the dream of ObamacareJul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - What happened to Obamacare? Rhetoric met reality. As both candidate and president, the master rhetorician could conjure a world in which he bestows upon you health care ...
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Obama should take reform lesson from UtahJul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - In a way, it's too bad President Obama tapped Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to serve as ambassador to China. The ambassador-designee promised a Senate panel Thursday that, if c...
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The church of what's happenin' nowJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - In the early '70s, comedian Flip Wilson created a character for his NBC television program called "Reverend Leroy" of "The Church of What's Happenin' Now." Like some con...
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'Killdozer' is one fair demolition derby driverJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - What could be a better newspaper marketing opportunity than to get behind guys with such names as "Killdozer," "Crusher" and "Butcher?" Guys who drive like maniacs in a ...
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Battle will continue between GOP and Obama's choicesJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - The combination of an over-rehearsed witness and opposition senators fighting without much ammunition robbed the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings of th...
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Stotmayor should be insulted by GOP questionsJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO - I had this weird dream that seven conservative white males were desperate for reassurances that a Latina vying for a seat on the Supreme Court would not use ...
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Obama's choice is an excellent oneJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - President Obama's nomination of Dr. Francis S. Collins to head the National Institutes of Health is an excellent choice, but it troubles some secularists who believe sci...