Articles filed under Commentary
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Governor's proposal for NIU's Cole Hall merits good dose of skepticismFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Puterbaugh is Editor in Chief of the Northern Star, Northern Illinois University's college newspaper. Governor Rod Blagojevich came to DeKalb Wednesday to announce gran...
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View of presidential campaign from the nation's governorsFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - While the nation's governors were in Washington from Saturday through Tuesday for their winter meeting, the campaigns of John McCain and Barack Obama accomplished some i...
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Democrats remain in denial over progress made in IraqFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - "No one can spend some 10 days visiting the battlefields in Iraq without seeing major progress in every area. ... If the U.S. provides sustained support to the Iraqi go...
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Liberal praise of Castro not shared by those he's oppressedFeb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - The left's favorite dictator, Fidel Castro, is "resigning" as Cuba's president of the Council of State. Sen. Mel Martinez, a Florida Republican, who at the age of 15, a...
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Three 'M's' - media, money, momentum, helping ObamaFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Green is Director-Institute for Politics at Roosevelt University Chicago and Schaumburg Presidential nomination politics rests on the three "M's" -- money, media and mom...
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In midst of covering tragedy, journalists do care about sourcesFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Reporters and photographers play a role that goes beyond merely satisfying the public's curiosity about a shocking event. At times like these, news reporters aren't exac...
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Promises to help fund the war on terror are not being keptFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Since 2001 when "the war on terror" began, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reports $649.9 billion has been appropriated for Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduri...
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Israelis need relief from daily rain of treacherous rocketsFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - SDEROT, Israel -- Rockets launched from the nearby Gaza Strip fall here almost daily. These Qassams are crude devices that hardly ever kill people, although they have, a...
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Israelis need relief from daily rain of treacherous rocketsFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - SDEROT, Israel -- Rockets launched from the nearby Gaza Strip fall here almost daily. These Qassams are crude devices that hardly ever kill people, although they have, a...
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Refreshing response to voter disgust with partisan gridlockFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - The voters' message is getting through, not only in settling the fights for the Republican and Democratic nominations but in changing the mind-set of Washington. The cl...