Articles filed under Opinion
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A retreat by any other nameJun 26, 2011 12:00 am - Since the beginning of his swift political rise, Barack Obama has fashioned himself a unique historical figure. With his latest speech on Afghanistan, he has finally bec...
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Why does the war go on?Jun 26, 2011 12:00 am - Some heard a declaration of victory, others an admission of defeat. The many contradictions in President Obama’s speech about Afghanistan last week were perhaps intended...
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The high road to oblivionJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Who is Jon Huntsman and where is he going? Even his campaign aides don’t seem to know. At the former Utah governor’s presidential kickoff speech on Tuesday, campaign wo...
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DuPage pol’s job strictly 9 to 5Jun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Is a politician’s job a 9-to-5 thing? From all I hear, the answer is an emphatic “No.” Not long ago, Kerry Lester, our political writer, traveled to Washington, D.C., to...
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High-tech, high-touch: Back to the futureJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - While fetching my digital camera from the repair shop, I noted a bunch of clunky old film cameras and their flashes lining a back table. I thought no one used film anymo...
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When the accent is on languageJun 22, 2011 9:00 pm - Tensions flared during testimony leading up to the final state Senate vote on Texas’ sanctuary cities bill — and not just over whether the new measures would have a chil...
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We report, but sometimes only hope you careJun 22, 2011 12:00 am - “To whom can I speak and give warning? Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they cannot hear.” #8212; Jeremiah 6:10 Complain...
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Time to leave AfghanistanJun 21, 2011 9:00 pm - Not long after Afghanistan goes off its meds — American and other troops, oodles of aid, civilian technicians and so much cash that airplanes have to strain to smuggle i...
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Sharia and the ConstitutionJun 21, 2011 9:00 pm - On the issue of Muslims serving in public office, every explanation by presidential candidate Herman Cain becomes a complication. In three instances Cain affirmed that M...
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No escaping the obviousJun 21, 2011 12:00 am - It’s an irony of the modern age that the most devastating kind of sex scandal, at least for politicians, doesn’t involve actual sex. As Rep. Anthony Weiner has learned. ...