Articles filed under Opinion
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Selective morality in AmericaJul 06, 2012 5:00 am - When asked at the close of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 what the Founders had wrought, Benjamin Franklin famously said, “A Republic, if you can keep it.” That q...
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GOP missing the bus on immigrationJul 05, 2012 10:52 am - The John F. Kennedy Center hosted a musical last month titled “First You Dream.” When I noticed the ad, I thought about President Obama’s initiative through the Departme...
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Chicago-sized test of willsJul 05, 2012 5:00 am - CHICAGO — The title of the nation’s largest labor union — the National Education Association — seems calculated to blur the fact that it is a teachers union. In this blu...
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Executive women are not that special, eitherJul 04, 2012 1:52 pm - Two cultural events have caught our attention this season. One is the stern graduation speech at Wellesley (Mass.) High School in which teacher David McCullough Jr. told...
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John Roberts’ arroganceJul 04, 2012 5:00 am - The Simpsons on unpredictable judges: Marge: “Do you want your son to become chief justice of the Supreme Court, or a sleazy male stripper?” Homer: “Can’t he be both, ...
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Feeling the heatJul 03, 2012 12:49 pm - Still don’t believe in climate change? Then you’re either deep in denial or delirious from the heat. As I write this, the nation’s capital and its suburbs are in post-a...
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Blame ‘Pension Ramp’ for state’s liabilityJul 03, 2012 5:00 am - If you want to believe “unaffordable” pension benefits promised to public sector workers like teachers and social workers caused Illinois’ outsized, $83 billion unfunded...
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Justice Roberts’ resurrectionJul 03, 2012 5:00 am - The Supreme Court ruling on health care reform was like Palm Sunday in reverse: First they crucified Chief Justice John Roberts, then, upon his ruling, they hauled out t...
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Here’s to the Yankee Doodle liberalJul 02, 2012 5:00 am - In 1940, a Los Angeles jury released testimony linking James Cagney to the Communist Party, or at least to “communist members, sympathizers or heavy contributors.” He ha...
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Should the West believe Egypt’s new president?Jul 02, 2012 5:00 am - Throughout America’s history, there have been people who denied threats from our enemies. During the Revolutionary War, significant numbers sided with the British monarc...