Articles filed under Opinion
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Droning on about feelingsFeb 26, 2013 4:00 am - First they came for the drones. No, not the unmanned kind that kill strangers from a safe distance but the sort who sit in meeting rooms and repeat slogans until they ab...
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Saving the Republican PartyFeb 25, 2013 1:17 pm - In the summer of 1999, George W. Bush chose the first major policy speech of his presidential campaign to pick a fight with Grover Norquist. Bush flatly rejected the “de...
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What’s ahead in Congress this yearFeb 25, 2013 11:03 am - Earlier this year, it seemed there might be some hope for Capitol Hill when Congress dealt easily with raising the debt ceiling. But don’t let that single episode fool y...
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No, we don’t all sin like Mark SanfordFeb 25, 2013 4:00 am - Most of us do bad things. We betray friends, make hurtful remarks, lie. Often an apology will suffice in restoring trust and respect. But some very successful people eng...
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The lesser of two evils on immigrationFeb 25, 2013 4:00 am - The president suggested he would hold off introducing his own immigration bill as long as bipartisan Senate negotiations were proceeding apace — until his own immigratio...
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No winners in this gameFeb 24, 2013 4:00 am - The standoff over the package of budget cuts known as “the sequester” is the dumbest, most self-defeating fight between President Obama and Republicans in Congress since...
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The sequester: a manufactured crisisFeb 24, 2013 4:00 am - Even during this desultory economic recovery, one industry thrives — the manufacture of synthetic hysteria. It is, however, inaccurate to accuse the Hysteric in Chief of...
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‘Undedication’ of ex-Carol Stream mayor sign prompts blame gameFeb 24, 2013 4:00 am - Don’t shoot the messenger! Perhaps that’s not an officially sanctioned axiom of journalism, But I’ll wager every reporter can cite numerous examples in which his or her ...
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Amazon rules the sales-tax jungleFeb 22, 2013 4:00 am - SEATTLE — Lunch hour in the South Lake Union neighborhood. Workers walk dogs they can take to the office. Lines form in hip restaurants. Something big is going on here, ...
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Time for a RINO rebellionFeb 22, 2013 4:00 am - RINO-hunting, the long-popular political sport that morphed in 2008 into a sort of hysteria-driven obsession, lately has become a suicide mission. RINO, of course, refe...