Articles filed under Commentary
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Local impact of dollar deluge is story to watchFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - As Peter Gabriel might say, "Lord, here comes the flood." As Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, might say, "Are you a good flood or a bad flood?" That, alas, remains t...
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Obama brings a taste of Chicago to WashingtonFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Imagine you are the president of the United States, confronted with the worst economic and financial crisis since the Great Depression. You inherited a $1.3 trillion fis...
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President's decision on troops vitalFeb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - In the two-front war that Washington is now calling "AFPAK," there's more head-scratching going on than is immediately visible. Yes, President Barack Obama last week app...
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President: Stay calm and trustFeb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Maybe it was the imminent passage of the stimulus bill, but 30,000 feet over Ohio as President Obama was heading to Chicago for a long weekend, "catastrophe" suddenly se...
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Don't tamper with constitution on senate choiceFeb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - A simple apology would have sufficed. Instead, Sen. Russ Feingold has decided to follow his McCain-Feingold evisceration of the First Amendment with Feingold-McCain, mor...
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Dark days may bring bright futuresFeb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - I am not one of these people who stay chirpily focused on the silver lining when the clouds gather over my head. So I have been vaguely put off by all those peppy artic...
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Are multiple-office seekers really looking for power? DH policy ignores pros of dual officeFeb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - It has long been Daily Herald policy to never endorse a candidate who would hold more than one public office if elected. Recently, after printing an article reporting o...
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Reaching across aisle far from futileFeb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - As far as most of Washington is concerned, Barack Obama's big talk about bipartisanship is kaput. One month into his presidency, many pundits and political analysts have...
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Burris should know controversy abhors a vacuumFeb 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Well, it appears Sen. Roland Burris has found a way to make his troubles disappear. He announced Wednesday that he's no longer going to talk about them with the media, a...
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Ask any state: Aid bill is a win for allFeb 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Media coverage of the $787 billion stimulus package signed Tuesday by President Obama has had an air of unreality - as if people were reporting on a baseball game or a t...