Articles filed under Commentary
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Fading dynasties make politics less predictableJan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - The dynasties are disappearing. The latest proof came when Caroline Kennedy, the only daughter of John and Jackie Kennedy, dramatically removed herself as a possible rep...
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Commutation was on Bush's termsJan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - I was glad to see that George W. Bush commuted the prison sentences of former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean. And frankly, I was a bit surpri...
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Obama's background sets stage for compromisesJan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - When Barack Obama declared in his inaugural address that a new era has begun and that "the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply," ...
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Time to shift heavy responsibilityJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - By morning of that first day, even before he awoke, the overseas markets - the Nikkei, the DAX, the FTSE 100 - had moved and the world had changed. He kissed his wife an...
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Michelle Obama can put families back on agendaJan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - While I'm aware that there's no official inauguration for a first lady - no oath to take, no speech to make - we do manage to have an initiation rite. So, Michelle Obama...
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Condemn the system along with the houseJan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - The French have the comely Marianne, the British have the fetching Britannia, and we have the welcoming Lady Liberty. May I now suggest, at least for the duration of the...
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Plumbing the briny depths of Illinois state governmentJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - In a CBS Radio commentary this week, David Ross said something especially interesting for reporters about the Blagojevich scandal: "I know that it's every young reporter...
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Surprising CIA choice isn't a bad oneJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - On its face, it's a puzzling choice: Barack Obama selects as his spy chief a former congressman with no firsthand experience as an intelligence professional. Is Obama di...
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Burris as media darlingJan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Most new U.S. senators are lucky to attract one reporter from their home state when they are sworn in. Roland Burris, appointed by the disgraced governor of Illinois, ha...
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When generator shows up to his vacation home, Obama just says noJan 04, 2009 10:00 pm - HONOLULU - You didn't have to be David Copperfield to read Barack Obama's mind the night the lights went out on Oahu. You only had to be from Chicago. Anyone who was vac...