Articles filed under Commentary
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Home visiting works to reduce incidence of child abuse, neglectMay 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Curran, Perez and Zaruba are members of Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Illinois As the sheriffs of DuPage, Kane and Lake counties, we've seen many serious, disturbing crim...
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Expanded presidential war powers began with TrumanMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Business, meaning research by historians and nourishment for history hobbyists, is brisk at the Harry S Truman Library on this 60th anniversary of t...
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Weakened al-Qaida calls for change in tacticsMay 04, 2008 11:00 pm - JALALABAD, Afghanistan • The most interesting discovery during a visit to this city where Osama bin Laden planted his flag in 1996 is that al-Qaida seems to have all but...
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What would life in Gov. Antoin Rezko's Illinois be like?May 04, 2008 11:00 pm - If the formerly mustachioed Antoin "Tony" Rezko had actually been elected governor of Illinois instead of merely ascending to the post of faux governor as federal prosec...
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Irony, and justice, in court ruling on use of lethal injectionApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - The Supreme Court has ruled 7-2 that the death penalty by lethal injection in Kentucky, which uses a cocktail of three drugs, is not a violation of the Constitution's pr...
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U.S.-born Latinos weary with the ugliness in immigration debateApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - U.S.-born Latinos in America are fed up. They're tired of the ugliness in the immigration debate, and they're not buying the argument that it does not concern them. Tak...
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Fed isn't supposed to be a deal maker for Wall Street socialismApr 21, 2008 11:00 pm - And some say it will end because of subprime mortgages. But for those who cultivate fears of catastrophes as excuses for expanding government supervision of other people...
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Globalization of surrogate motherhood a disturbing trendApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - By now we all have a story about a job outsourced beyond our reach in the global economy. My favorite is about the California publisher who hired two reporters in India ...
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Obama shows how far liberalism has drifted from the days of FDRApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Barack Obama may be exactly what his supporters suppose him to be. Not, however, for reasons most Americans will celebrate. Obama may be the fulfillment of modern liber...
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McCain's 'Straight-talk Express' goes off the rails on IraqApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - John McCain's broad appeal is grounded in his reputation as a candid man of principle, the rare politician who speaks uncomfortable truths, no matter the political cost....