Articles filed under Commentary
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Eight is enough to make us take another lookFeb 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Maybe we owe an apology to the doctors who made the birth announcement with such pride. The delivery of eight babies in five minutes was, they exhaled, "amazing." The mo...
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How could we have been so stupid?Feb 08, 2009 10:00 pm - "How could we have been so stupid?" That was the refrain of several experts at a session of the World Economic Forum last week about "What Went Wrong" to produce the glo...
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It's time to change our marijuana lawsFeb 07, 2009 10:00 pm - It's tough being a celebrity, especially if you're young and find yourself at a party, where marijuana and cameras should never mix. And it's not exactly heaven being sh...
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Diffusing triple threats in Pakistan will be tricky for new U.S. presidentFeb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Of all the problems confronting the Obama administration, none is trickier than Pakistan - a nuclear power with a war in Afghanistan on its western border, a tense confr...
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Score one for the right in abortion rights battle that leaves no winnersJan 31, 2009 10:00 pm - It must be the world's longest-running game of ideological pingpong. In 1984, Ronald Reagan aimed an overhand smash at international organizations, pledging that America...
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Beware need for speed that puts us on thin iceJan 31, 2009 10:00 pm - Summoned to remove a fish bone agonizingly stuck in a rich man's throat, British surgeon Joseph Lister did so. When the grateful patient asked the cost, Lister replied: ...
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Candidates: We need your e-mail addressesJan 29, 2009 10:00 pm - One hundred and one. Not dalmations; that's the number of local governments falling within our circulation area in DuPage County. Twenty nine school districts. Twenty tw...
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Governor no media darling, just a menaceJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Something very strange - and disturbing - has happened with Rod Blagojevich. Even as legal wheels turn in Springfield to remove him from the governorship, he has become ...
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Context? Truth? In the end, it's really your callJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - How interesting that when he decided to begin telling us all "the truth" about his activities that led to federal charges and an impeachment case, Gov. Rod Blagojevich t...
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Stimulus plan must make real impact nowJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Five hundred thousand jobs lost last month, the Dow Jones industrial average teetering at 8,000, and home prices continuing to plummet - to say our economy is in need of...