Articles filed under Opinion
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D-Day, Part 3: A long thin line of personal anguishJun 06, 2014 5:01 am - Editor's note: This is the third in a series of columns about D-Day by famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle. NORMANDY BEACHHEAD, June 17, 1944 - In the preceding column w...
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Ernie Pyle's D-Day, Part 1: A pure miracleJun 06, 2014 5:01 am - Editor's note: This is the first in a series of columns about D-Day by famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle. NORMANDY BEACHHEAD, June 12, 1944 - Due to a last-minute alter...
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Obama's hard choicesJun 05, 2014 5:01 am - The exchange of five Guantanamo detainees for the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has reminded us of three unpleasant facts of life: The United States does negotiate ...
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Discretion is the better part of reporting on shocking crimeJun 05, 2014 1:01 am - There are innumerable media issues arising from the disturbing Wisconsin case of two 12-year-old girls who stabbed a friend nearly to death hoping to satisfy a fictional...
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Why I still have faith in CongressJun 04, 2014 5:01 am - It's depressing to read poll after poll highlighting Americans' utter disdain for Congress. But it's my encounters with ordinary citizens at public meetings or in casual...
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Talking himself into a cornerJun 03, 2014 5:01 am - Like a pitcher who has lost his fastball, Barack Obama has lost "the speech." The speech has always been central to the president and his presidency. He established his ...
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Illinois can lead out on pollution fightJun 03, 2014 5:01 am - As an assistant operations officer for a helicopter task force in Iraq, I saw my fellow Guardsmen and soldiers risk life and limb to maintain diesel fuel supply lines. E...
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The revolt of the nerdsJun 01, 2014 5:01 am - Parallel to the rise of the Tea Party - with less attention but more potential influence - has been a gathering movement of reform conservatives whom my colleague E.J. D...
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Digital age makes for 'dream quinceanera'Jun 01, 2014 5:00 am - It was an old-fashioned, heartwarming story made possible by the digital age. Brandy Huerta's message came to us via the Daily Herald Facebook page. In it, the Carpenter...
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Educational success is impossible to quantifyMay 30, 2014 5:01 am - Mandates, dictates and data, data, data have overwhelmed day-to-day education. What used to be just the ACT and ISAT has snowballed with CCSS and PARCC into a testing an...