Articles filed under Opinion
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Responding to minimum wage proposalsFeb 14, 2014 4:01 am - Faced with an electorate that's soured on the health care law, Democrats have settled on a plan to boost their 2014 prospects: an aggressive push to raise the minimum wa...
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Immigration debate often overlooks personal costsFeb 12, 2014 10:00 pm - The bitter cold felt this past Jan. 29 wasn't an obstacle for the 99 individuals who attended their naturalization ceremony in Chicago. Among these new citizens was my 2...
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Breaking: Woman charged as ruthlessFeb 12, 2014 12:01 am - Groundhog Day isn't just a movie. Here it is early 2014 - still almost three years away from a new presidency - but it's high time to mention that Hillary Clinton was a...
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The good news that you probably haven't heardFeb 11, 2014 4:01 am - Do you like surprises? I have two surprises for you: At least 19 states already in 2014, nearly half, are posting budget surpluses. Yes, surpluses. The other surprise: S...
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Give me ... your huddled massesFeb 11, 2014 4:00 am - Just after House Speaker John Boehner affirmed the eventual need for Republicans to embrace immigration reform, a commercial for a carbonated beverage, of all things, de...
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Practice what you preach, Mr. PresidentFeb 09, 2014 4:00 am - President Obama gave a lovely speech at the recent National Prayer Breakfast — and one is reluctant to criticize. But pry my jaw from the floorboards. Without a hint of...
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Should Chicago Symphony play in a preserve?Feb 09, 2014 4:00 am - Imagine the prospect of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra coming to DuPage County. On its face, who could argue with the idea? Think of the vaunted CSO playing beautiful mu...
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Benefits of girls athletics far reachingFeb 07, 2014 4:00 am - There she was, standing on the first-place podium in the All-Around category for her age level at the Bravo Gymnastics meet. Her face beaming with pride, my eyes brimmin...
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Big Brother is not retreating to 18th centuryFeb 06, 2014 4:00 am - Let’s cut to the chase: If Big Brother wants you, he’s got you, telephone metadata notwithstanding. This disconcerting fact of modern life has been true more or less sin...
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Information can do only so much; what counts is how we use itFeb 06, 2014 4:00 am - Random thoughts journalistic: Ÿ We editorialized on this topic Wednesday and it's been a prominent cause for the Daily Herald at least since our first “Hidden Scourge” s...