Articles filed under Opinion
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When progressives go retroOct 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Virginia women have plenty of reason to feel offended by their state's gubernatorial race, though not because the Republican candidate once wrote a dissertation observin...
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The president's choiceOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Afghanistan used to be a great issue for Barack Obama. As a candidate, he repeatedly argued that George W. Bush and his Defense Department had lost their way, focusing t...
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A heavy question for our politicsOct 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Every time you think politics has hit a new low, it finds a way to go lower. I thought we had reached the nadir last month when Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina shouted...
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We continue to spend away our futureOct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - "Neither a borrower nor a lender be." - William Shakespeare, "Hamlet" Why won't we listen to what used to be called sage advice before the Internet made too many of us t...
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The gay divorce fandangoOct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - I suppose there is something charming about watching conservative politicians in Texas trying so ardently to preserve a same-sex marriage. How else can you explain their...
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Olympic gold for narcissismOct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - In the Niagara of words spoken and written about the Obamas' trip to Copenhagen, too few have been devoted to the words they spoke there. Their separate speeches to the ...
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'Creepy' behavior shreds our moral fiberOct 06, 2009 11:00 pm - In olden days when "a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking" there was a morals clause written into an actor's film contract. The purpose was to restra...
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Ready to lead on Afghanistan?Oct 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Barack Obama's trip to Copenhagen to pitch Chicago for the Olympics would have been a dumb move whatever the outcome. But as it turned out, it poses some questions about...
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Planet PolanskiOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - In a 24/7 media world, one would have expected the story of Roman Polanski to last, oh, about 9½ minutes. He raped a girl, admitted it, fled the country before sentencin...
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McPartlin won't seek re-election as Elk Grove Twp. Democratic chiefOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Brian McPartlin, who once headed the Illinois tollway, will give up a shot at keeping his spot leading the Elk Grove Township Democrats. McPartlin penned a letter to mem...