Articles filed under Opinion
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My brother’s valuable, successful lifeJan 10, 2012 4:02 am - How does one measure whether a life was a success, or a failure? Some would measure it by recognition, that is, how many knew the person’s name. For others, the measure ...
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The unbearable consequence of IowaJan 09, 2012 4:00 am - So Mitt Romney “won” Iowa by eight votes, giving him the “Big Mo” (that’s momentum) as he marches forth into the primaries. What happened to Rick Santorum’s surge? Did a...
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A worthy challenger to RomneyJan 09, 2012 4:00 am - After every other conservative alternative to Mitt Romney crashed and burned (libertarian Ron Paul is in a category of his own), from the rubble emerges Rick Santorum. B...
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The redistributionist behemothJan 08, 2012 5:24 am - Liberals have a rendezvous with regret. Their largest achievement is today’s redistributionist government. But such government is inherently regressive: It tends to dist...
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The cartwheel imperativeJan 08, 2012 5:24 am - Here it is again, National Best Intentions Week — that’s how I describe the first few days of the new year when resolutions are still exciting and every workout place in...
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Looking ahead to the second half of 2012Jan 07, 2012 11:00 pm - Thankfully, most memories are shorter than the six-day weather forecast. Weather predictions beyond that point are as helpful as a book on how to read. Trying to determ...
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Mapping out a sweet deal for DemocratsJan 06, 2012 4:00 am - More than 20 years ago I wrote an article for an academic journal on redistricting in Illinois. I said the driving forces behind this “most partisan act” were 1) territo...
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Search and destroy missionJan 06, 2012 4:00 am - DES MOINES — Mitt Romney and his backers decided that to win in Iowa they had to destroy Newt Gingrich’s campaign. Now Gingrich looks eager — and able — to return the fa...
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Ron Paul’s poison pillJan 05, 2012 4:00 am - Let us count the ways in which the nomination of Ron Paul would be groundbreaking for the GOP. No other recent candidate hailing from the party of Lincoln has accused L...
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The Rubio factor for RomneyJan 05, 2012 4:00 am - The great thing about Iowa is that no matter whom the voters select in their neighborhood huddles, it doesn’t really matter. Placing in Iowa might land one a talk show (...