Articles filed under Opinion
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Making one distortion from anotherDec 01, 2011 4:00 am - Mitt Romney’s tough, controversial first television ad — directed at President Obama, not Romney’s primary opponents — could be a preview of the fall election. It also r...
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Editorial cartoon is a savage worth tamingDec 01, 2011 4:00 am - Editorial cartoons are a dicey business. The great Pat Oliphant described them as “inherently negative,” and though many great examples could be summoned to contradict t...
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No profit in a soft spotNov 30, 2011 4:00 am - Mitt Romney runs for president with the eye of a venture capitalist. He sees the profit in certain positions, discards those that are no longer profitable, and moves on....
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Career advice for would-be presidentsNov 30, 2011 4:00 am - Another debate, another episode of “The Dating Game.” Will the winner be contestant No. 1, 2 ... 8? The truth is, everyone has always known who the Republican nominee w...
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Waiting for the GOP’s loveNov 29, 2011 5:00 am - Moderator Wolf Blitzer opened last week’s Republican debate by introducing himself and adding, for some reason, “Yes, that’s my real name.” A few moments later, the part...
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Mail it in, privatelyNov 29, 2011 5:00 am - The Jacksonian-era movement to keep the Sabbath pure deplored Sunday mail delivery. Said one Evangelical: “We have always viewed it as a national evil of great magnitude...
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Heard any good books lately?Nov 28, 2011 4:00 am - I read voraciously. Two local and two national newspapers cover-to-cover and dozens of websites daily, most of what my Twitter timeline feeds me, and stacks of weekly an...
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The Norquist mythNov 28, 2011 4:00 am - Democrats are unanimous in charging that the debt-reduction supercommittee collapsed because Republicans refused to raise taxes. Apparently, Republicans are in the thral...
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The case for seeking a waiver from NCLBNov 27, 2011 5:00 am - In Illinois, we believe strong standards can and do help our schools achieve. However, we need a system that also recognizes and encourages growth. This year, the rigid ...
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Thankfulness and the Occupy movementNov 24, 2011 5:00 am - For more than half my life I was a 99-percenter. I kept my first pay stubs in the news business to remind me where I came from and what was necessary in order to get whe...