Articles filed under Opinion
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Powell's change reflects GOP failuresOct 25, 2008 11:00 pm - A column, like a good movie, should have an arc - start here, end there and somehow connect the two. So this column will begin with the speech Condi Rice made to the Rep...
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Grieving parents remind us why we have to get it rightOct 23, 2008 11:00 pm - The note certainly got my attention: "Oftentimes," it began, "a mistake is a mistake. Occasionally, a mistake can cause pain." It was from Deirdre Darr, who participated...
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Series aims to help you cope, succeed in economic crisisOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - It is an understatement in today's economy for a newspaper to say we feel your pain. It's also immaterial. Combined with changing reader habits, the recession or depress...
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Latino voters trickier than you thinkOct 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Documentary filmmaker Philip Rodriguez has heard political observers - including me - predict that the Latino vote will decide this election. And he's not buying it. Nea...
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Obama should show how he would governOct 19, 2008 11:00 pm - We have completed the "Survivor" phase of the presidential campaign, in which pundits and pollsters waited for one of the candidates to make a gaffe in the debates so th...
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Upstart candidate gives lesson about assumptionsOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The candidate spoke rather disparagingly of the qualifications of some of the candidates from the other party. One was dismissed as a store clerk. That was on Wednesday ...
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A view from the streets of a swing stateOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - UPPER DUBLIN, Pa. - Last April, on the eve of the Pennsylvania primary, voters in this Philadelphia suburb were finding plenty of fault with both Barack Obama and John M...
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It's not the race but the campaign that bears watching nowOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - It is impossible at this point to imagine an election campaign without public polling. Polls have become as much a part of the process as fouls are to an NBA basketball ...
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Chicago cop's story reveals heart of departmentOct 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Daily Herald: "Violent crime on the rise in Chicago." ABC 7: "Third Chicago policeman killed since July." With nerve-rattling news headlines like those, who would ever w...
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Debate puts end to battle of the sexesOct 05, 2008 11:00 pm - So this is what they mean by the soft bigotry of low expectations. The long drumbeat that led to the vice presidential debate suggested it would be a matchup between an ...