Articles filed under Opinion
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Clinton surges back as cracks appear in Obama campaignMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Last fall, long before the first vote was cast in the Democratic presidential contest, Rep. Rahm Emanuel of Illinois told me in an interview that he thought Barack Obama...
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Do we need background checks for house plant buyers?Mar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The ricin poison found in a Las Vegas hotel room is so deadly that a speck the size of a pinhead could kill you. The hotel occupant is still unconscious in a hospital, b...
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Where the law can be enforced to deport illegal immigrantsMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The argument one hears most often for not enforcing illegal immigration laws is that we can't deport the estimated 12 million people already in this country. Maybe not, ...
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Governor's proposal for NIU's Cole Hall merits good dose of skepticismFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Puterbaugh is Editor in Chief of the Northern Star, Northern Illinois University's college newspaper. Governor Rod Blagojevich came to DeKalb Wednesday to announce gran...
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View of presidential campaign from the nation's governorsFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - While the nation's governors were in Washington from Saturday through Tuesday for their winter meeting, the campaigns of John McCain and Barack Obama accomplished some i...
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Democrats remain in denial over progress made in IraqFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - "No one can spend some 10 days visiting the battlefields in Iraq without seeing major progress in every area. ... If the U.S. provides sustained support to the Iraqi go...
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Liberal praise of Castro not shared by those he's oppressedFeb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - The left's favorite dictator, Fidel Castro, is "resigning" as Cuba's president of the Council of State. Sen. Mel Martinez, a Florida Republican, who at the age of 15, a...
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Three 'M's' - media, money, momentum, helping ObamaFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Green is Director-Institute for Politics at Roosevelt University Chicago and Schaumburg Presidential nomination politics rests on the three "M's" -- money, media and mom...
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In midst of covering tragedy, journalists do care about sourcesFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Reporters and photographers play a role that goes beyond merely satisfying the public's curiosity about a shocking event. At times like these, news reporters aren't exac...
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Promises to help fund the war on terror are not being keptFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Since 2001 when "the war on terror" began, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reports $649.9 billion has been appropriated for Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduri...