Articles filed under Commentary
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Years of empty threats hurt IraniansJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - "First, do no harm." Contrary to popular belief, the phrase doesn't actually appear in the Hippocratic oath taken by physicians. At times like the present, however, it's...
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Tracking spotlight sometimes fun but always fleetingJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - It started with an apparent slip of the tongue. My 19-year-old son and I were talking about the rule of threes in prominent deaths. "There's Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawc...
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Give the honor to those who make real contributionsJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - "How fevered is the man who cannot look Upon his mortal days with temperate blood, Who vexes all the leaves of his life's book, And robs his fair name of its maidenhood ...
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New rules could save borrowers from themselvesJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - An 11th commandment could read: Thou shalt not cheat the meek. Morality is reason alone for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency to shield the little guys from the len...
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Obama is failing his gay supportersJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Many supporters of President Obama have gone "all in" on this administration. Considering it too historic to fail, either they can't see this White House's shortcomings ...
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Health-care 'fix' is something we'll likely regretJun 27, 2009 11:00 pm - "In the beginning," says a character in a Peter De Vries novel, "the earth was without form and void. Why didn't they leave well enough alone?" When Washington is finish...
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A look at journalism in a Twitter eraJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - From time to time, a message pops into my e-mail announcing that someone is "Following You On Twitter." In fact, I don't go anywhere on Twitter, having signed up just to...
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Toll board member's pique good for us allJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Steven Harris is my new hero. Harris, a board member of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, did an everyman rave out at Thursday's meeting that provided great ins...
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'Aging' still an important part of news processJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - One of the more painful videos I've watched as a newspaper journalist is a clip from a recent "Daily Show" in which Jason Jones buckles the knees of The New York Times, ...
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The real meaning of NedaJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Every revolution needs a unifying symbol, and members of Iran's opposition movement now have theirs. That was one dumb sniper who took out the young woman millions now k...