Articles filed under Commentary
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It worked for Marcia Brady, but not for this bunchOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - When you grew up in the 1960s and '70s, you learned a lot by watching TV. "M*A*S*H" taught us war can be funny. "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Bewitched" taught us good blond...
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Clinton health care plan would be a big government disasterOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - In her latest plan to transform the American health care system, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton invokes a word she usually reserves for abortion: choi...
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Still no excuse for Burns' omission of HispanicsSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - There is a story that has been in my family for more than 60 years. It's V-J Day, 1945, the end of World War II in the Pacific, and my grandparents are working with my f...
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Times still intent on suppressing speech, except for its ownSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Two days before Christmas in 1967, President Lyndon Johnson, visiting the Vatican, presented Pope Paul VI with a foot-high bust of Lyndon Johnson. Small choices can reve...
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GOP's risk in opposing expanded child health careSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The spectacle Tuesday of 151 House Republicans voting in lock step with the White House against expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was on...
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Even with rate cut, dark clouds still hover over financial marketsSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - "If something is 'unsustainable,' that means it won't be sustained." This bit of financial wisdom is attributed to the late Herbert Stein, a former chairman of the Counc...
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History, ethnic strife suggests it's time to partition IraqSep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - The creation of modern India and Pakistan entailed the uprooting of more than 12 million people. Bangladesh was ripped from Pakistan. The creation of Republika Srpska, a...
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Colleges get poor grades in teaching civics and historySep 24, 2007 11:00 pm - For the second year in a row, America's elite universities and colleges have failed to rise above a "D plus" on tests of basic knowledge about civics and American histor...
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Columns missed big picture on prosecutor's officeSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Bianchi is the McHenry County state's attorney. Recently, two articles by the same columnist have been critical of the use of the state's attorney's petty cash acco...
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No one involved in the 'Jena 6' case comes off very wellSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - When I first heard of the "Jena 6" -- African-American teens in a small Louisiana town charged with beating a white classmate -- my instinct was to side with those screa...