Articles filed under Commentary
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Debunking the myth of the lone shooterJun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - It is believed that the shooter acted alone. Surely, that's true. No one else was standing beside suspect Scott Roeder when it is believed he murdered Dr. George Tiller ...
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Carnival of the fire-breathersJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - I intended to write about the GOP's message problem with the headline: "Shoot the Messenger." Sunday's murder of abortion doctor George Tiller makes my title inappropria...
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Sotomayor and condescending identity politicsJun 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Identity politics are not good for the country or for the groups they purport to advance. This is not to undercut Sonia Sotomayor, who, as the news reports all start ou...
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Tangled web ties Obama, Reid, BurrisMay 30, 2009 11:00 pm - When he was elected president, Barack Obama inherited Harry Reid as Senate majority leader; the choice wasn't his. When the Illinois Democrat was elevated to the White H...
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Epiphanies rarely lead to bright ideasMay 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Epiphanies are a dime a dozen among congressional Democrats as they discover urgent new reasons to commandeer other people's money. For example, freshman Rep. Alan Grays...
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Is a hole-in-one front-page news? Maybe in NeighborMay 28, 2009 11:00 pm - This just in to the newsroom: Dave Patton of Naperville scored his first hole-in-one on May 22. He used a 5 iron on the 174-yard 7th hole of Course No. 1 at St. Andrews ...
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Call, write, vote: But, above all, finish the jobMay 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Getting you information is our job. Doing something with it is yours. Nowhere is this generally unspoken compact between a newspaper and its readers more apparent than i...
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Nomination adds identity politics to supreme courtMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Responding to 19th-century rumors that they drank excessively, Supreme Court justices decided to drink nothing on conference days - unless it was raining. At the next co...
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The right choice, the right timeMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Judging from her inspiring personal story, her top-flight academic credentials, and what former colleagues and law clerks describe as both her intellect and - yes - her ...
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Obama tries on his new role as commanderMay 23, 2009 11:00 pm - No new president finds every aspect of the job suits him at once; some duties are inevitably more comfortable. What we have witnessed in the last few weeks is Barack Oba...