Articles filed under Opinion
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Changes aim not just to interest but to engageMay 23, 2013 5:00 am - We talk a lot at the Daily Herald about engagement. Providing stories and commentary that are interesting is one thing; providing stories and commentary that stir reader...
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Cruz finds redemptionMay 22, 2013 5:00 am - A couple of weeks ago, in a partisan jab, former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (a Democrat) accused Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (a Republican) of being “anti-immigration.” Thi...
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Retirement plan different from savings planMay 22, 2013 5:00 am - The current effort in the Illinois General Assembly to “reform” the state-funded pension systems is not really about pensions. It’s really about the state budget, and wh...
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Baseless fears of Common CoreMay 21, 2013 1:25 pm - Modern conservatism comes in two distinct architectural styles. The first seeks to build from scratch, using accurate ideological levels and plumb lines, so every wall i...
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How Mitzie got her gateMay 20, 2013 1:24 pm - It was only when they put the cuffs on her and led her out of the Cincinnati Federal Office Building that she finally realized how much trouble she was in. Her husband, ...
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Carol Stream T-shirt guy’s work underscores our Business missionMay 19, 2013 5:00 am - So, the missus and I were watching a Blackhawks game, and we saw a fan wearing a T-shirt with a combo Bulls-Hawks logo: the angry bull with the colorful Hawks feathers. ...
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Government’s heavy handMay 19, 2013 5:00 am - So, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has investigated the IRS investigation of conservative groups. And the FBI has launched a criminal investigatio...
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Not such strange bedfellowsMay 17, 2013 5:00 am - Breaking news: Conservative organizations suddenly have found common cause with one of their favorite objects of contempt — the benighted Mainstream Media. Or as the Tea...
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Why you should care about secret subpoena of APMay 16, 2013 5:00 am - To read much of my email or hear many of my phone calls, you would believe that The Associated Press is a socialist organization in league with President Obama to assure...
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Plan B pill an important optionMay 16, 2013 5:00 am - This is in response to Kathleen Parker’s column of May 6, “Plan B ruling is an affront to parenting.” Sorry, Parker, but the affront to parenting is not the ruling allow...