Articles filed under Opinion
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A dog-bites-man storyJun 12, 2013 5:00 am - An old journalism saw goes like this: Dog bites man, no story. Man bites dog, story. Allow me to update it. Government monitors email and telephone calls for national se...
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A power of convictionJun 12, 2013 5:00 am - President Obama’s newly designated national security adviser, Susan Rice, and his proposed United Nations ambassador, Samantha Power, are political loyalists. They are a...
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The fresh air of Pope FrancisJun 11, 2013 5:00 am - We tend to remember leaders in characteristic poses. For Pope Benedict XVI, the college professor, it was delivering a much-misunderstood lecture at the University of Re...
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Glean benefits of Illinois’ natural gasJun 11, 2013 5:00 am - Around the nation, the issue of hydraulic fracturing raises passionate arguments from advocates who see the growing industry as a source of good, high-paying jobs and ne...
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Scrambling to find a 'victim' for our weekly radio spotJun 09, 2013 5:00 am - Every Thursday, I find myself scrambling for someone in the newsroom to drop whatever they're doing at 9:15 that evening, and call WBBM Newsradio 780 to talk about a sto...
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Fido and the family’s vacation by trainJun 09, 2013 5:00 am - You might say I have a dog in this fight. He’s tiny. He’s blind. His bark is decidedly unmanly and his bites, usually in defense against things that can’t be seen, are ...
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Let’s get ‘smart grid’ up and runningJun 07, 2013 5:00 am - Recently, the Illinois General Assembly overturned Gov. Pat Quinn’s veto of Senate Bill 9, the bill to advance a modern, reliable electric grid in Illinois. The General ...
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Where’s your daddy, and why it mattersJun 05, 2013 5:00 am - News that women increasingly are the leading or sole breadwinner in the American family has resurrected the perennial question: Why do we need men? Maureen Dowd attempt...
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Agonizing over a slippery slopeJun 05, 2013 5:00 am - A letter to the editor of The New York Times Book Review says it all. It mentions the situation in Syria and says “the crisis continues.” The “crisis,” you should know, ...
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Identifying the real number of border crossingsJun 04, 2013 5:00 am - Security along the U.S. border with Mexico is perhaps the key factor in the debate over comprehensive immigration reform. Those who believe the border is mostly secure a...