Articles filed under Opinion
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Slusher: Distinguishing between speculation and analysisMar 12, 2015 1:00 am - The oral arguments before the Illinois Supreme Court Wednesday open the door to a common, if not a favorite, journalistic pastime: lively speculation disguised as pointe...
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Where's the value in demeaning diplomacy?Mar 11, 2015 1:00 am - With a few tweaks to Scripture, herewith today's relevant verse: What therefore President Obama hath joined together, let Republicans put asunder. The letter from 47 Re...
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Selma, Ferguson and our perpetual challengeMar 11, 2015 1:00 am - The juxtaposition of the Justice Department's damning Ferguson report and President Obama's fine speech to mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday was coincidental. B...
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Still haunted by past, but looking to the futureMar 10, 2015 1:00 am - SELMA, Ala. -- On one of my flights here, sheer luck took a liking to me. I got seated next to Thelma Adair, a 94-year-old black woman coming down from New York City for...
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Brains winning out over Spines -- so farMar 09, 2015 12:00 am - Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, who would dearly love to be president, recently berated his fellow Republicans for insufficient fortitude in opposing President Obama's e...
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Negotiating from weakness a threat to MideastMar 09, 2015 12:00 am - Over the years, President Obama has been criticized and praised - but mainly praised - for lacking a driving foreign policy ideology. It seemed to be one of the "childis...
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21 of 22 right on 3rd-grade test tells us a lotMar 08, 2015 12:00 am - I correctly answered 21 of 22 questions. On a test for third-graders. However, I think I made up for it on the essay portion, which wasn't graded in the online practice ...
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GOP scrambles to keep ACA subsidies flowing in case of supreme court victoryMar 08, 2015 12:00 am - What happens if Republicans win the Supreme Court case against Obamacare? They might end up like the dog that caught the car. This week the court will hear oral argument...
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Japan's sun poised to rise on world stageMar 06, 2015 12:00 am - While the Middle East and Eurasia are dominated by violent scenarios that change by the minute, Asia has been largely quiet, except for the Chinese military's “your isla...
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Rauner budget is the right startMar 06, 2015 12:00 am - In the aftermath of the governor's budget proposal speech, the majority of Democrats in the House and Senate and even some of their Republican colleagues decried nearly ...