Articles filed under Commentary
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What kind of change is this? Not.Mar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - It is still early, not even two-thirds of the way through the vaunted 100 days, and we are all admonished not to make judgments or dire predictions. Yet enough has been ...
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Old Baby Boomers still spur changeMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Let me see if I have it right: Older Americans ought to keep working in order to lighten the burden of Social Security and assorted benefits on younger generations. Olde...
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Foundering father better figure it outMar 21, 2009 11:00 pm - What a relief to hear Barack Obama tell a California audience the other day: "I am the president of the United States of America." Who knew?! Lately, it's been hard to t...
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Are you smarter than a city council candidate?Mar 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Attention Napervilleans, candidates, others interested in the local electoral process. Here's a pop quiz. Part I: Can you name the people who hold these key jobs: Police...
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Stewart smacks the wrong messengerMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - What Jon Stewart needs is Jon Stewart. He could use a droll comedian to temper his ferocity and correct him when he's wrong, as he was about the financial media, particu...
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Beware: Don't go back to the bubble that burstMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Leaders of the Group of 20 are talking about creating a new architecture for the imploding world economy. But there's a big risk that their crisis summit in London three...
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Obama critics, friends signal honeymoon's endMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Two months into his presidency, it is far too soon to make any judgments about Barack Obama's prospects. All we really know is that he has assembled the rudiments of an ...
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To use embryos without limit is wrongMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Last week, the White House invited me to a signing ceremony to overturn the Bush (43) executive order on stem cell research. I assume this was because I have long argued...
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Rushbo is no gift to women or GOPMar 14, 2009 11:00 pm - I was going to give this a good leaving alone. But there I was flying home from a mellow family visit when El Rushbo filled - and I do mean filled - the screen before m...
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Stop this phony war or risk a real oneMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - For all the legislative commotion surrounding the economic crisis, we are still living in the equivalent of "the phony war" of 1939 and 1940. War has been declared on th...