Articles filed under Opinion
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Suburban Chicago's schools: Not as good as parents thinkJun 25, 2014 1:01 am - Are Illinois' public schools that serve many middle-class children performing well? Their parents think so. But many of these schools are not as good as they think. That...
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Iraq must be saved from extremistsJun 24, 2014 5:01 am - The debate over who lost Iraq is tempting, emotionally satisfying and even, in some cases, historically instructive. But it is not the focus of serious foreign policy th...
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Survey says: Naperville snobbish, New Lenox boringJun 21, 2014 11:00 pm - Imagine my shock and dismay. While on my first cup of coffee, I received a text message from my sister. Naperville, the town we grew up in, had been decreed the fourth-s...
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Election-year budget benefits no oneJun 20, 2014 1:01 am - We expect elected officials to address societal needs with well-designed, effective policy initiatives. Of course, the overtly political milieu in which public policy is...
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The reality conservatives must faceJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - Various factions of the GOP continue to rummage through House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's astonishing primary loss for confirmation of their pre-existing views. The en...
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The useful distinction between analysis, opinionJun 19, 2014 1:01 am - Is there a difference between analysis and opinion? Yes, there is, and it's an important distinction for news consumers to think about. A good place to start the reflect...
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For Obama, the wages of doing nothingJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - Whose fault is the current debacle in Iraq? It could be Nouri al-Maliki's since he is the country's strongman and has alienated the minority Sunnis. It could be George W...
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Cantor's swan songJun 18, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - About that stunning defeat. Conventional Wisdom, that self-righteous propagandist, has it that Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's trouncing by a...
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What our country needs from the pressJun 17, 2014 5:01 am - These days, the scandal involving long wait times at VA hospitals can feel like some made-in-Washington spectacle generated by politicians looking for headlines. But it ...
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The end of illusionsJun 17, 2014 5:01 am - On June 10, President Obama said that the greatest frustration of his presidency was the failure to pass gun control legislation. It was the same day that Mosul, the sec...