Articles filed under Opinion
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The IRS needs an auditMay 15, 2013 5:00 am - Suppose that the Environmental Protection Agency were to admit offhandedly that the fluoridation of water had only modest communist mind-control effects. Or the United N...
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Symptoms of Benghazi SyndromeMay 15, 2013 5:00 am - The American Psychiatric Association’s latest handbook — the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) -- is about to be published. It is the handboo...
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Benghazi redactedMay 14, 2013 5:00 am - Mistakes were made. This, we are supposed to accept, is the conclusion to be drawn about the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, despite congressional testimony last w...
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People who help make America strongMay 14, 2013 2:00 am - We could use some good news, and Cleveland gave it to us. I’m referring, of course, to the dramatic escape and rescue of three young women in Cleveland who were kidnappe...
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Klickna: Coalition plan is fair, effective, constitutionalMay 12, 2013 5:00 am - Two pending pension bills, one constitutional, Senate Bill 2404, the other unconstitutional, Senate Bill 1, could determine the direction Illinois will take in the comin...
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Morrison: We must rethink old ideas about retirementMay 12, 2013 5:00 am - As a citizen of Illinois, I am tremendously grateful for the service provided by public sector employees. They have dedicated their careers to keeping us safe, educating...
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Nekritz: Time to do the right thing over the easy thingMay 12, 2013 5:00 am - I want to begin by thanking the Daily Herald and Reboot Illinois for the opportunity to appear at their pension forum recently. The organizers presented well-crafted que...
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Maybe Americans agree about more than they knowMay 11, 2013 1:29 pm - WASHINGTON — Can we agree on this? Americans still think alike much of the time even if our politicians don’t. To get heads nodding, just say something worrisome about t...
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The fog on BenghaziMay 10, 2013 9:15 am - In some cases, the fog of war is initially thick, then dissipates. Following the Sept. 11, 2012, Benghazi attacks that killed four Americans including Ambassador J. Chri...
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Are you (fill in the blank) enough?May 10, 2013 5:00 am - Enough with this “enough” business. Latest to the question of whether a person is sufficiently identifiable as belonging to a particular demographic is Ted Cruz — the co...