Articles filed under Opinion
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A lesson for GOP from across the pondMay 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat candidate for prime minister and the Susan Boyle of British politics, said something during the first debate on April 15 that resonated with...
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Abortion's route to rareMay 02, 2010 11:00 pm - When Bill Clinton said in 1992 that he wanted to make abortion safe, legal and rare, many Americans applauded. Even if one dismisses this as rhetoric, it is a sentiment ...
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Searching for a deficit trade-offMay 02, 2010 11:00 pm - It was the starchiest of all pep rallies, a gathering of bipartisan worthies in the Ronald Reagan office building near the White House. They assembled to cheer on Presid...
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Open the remap process to ensure fair boundariesMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - In recent days the Illinois House of Representatives, despite near unanimous support by the chamber's Democrats, defeated a proposed constitutional amendment on redistri...
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Punting on immigration - againApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Americans expect some degree of manipulation by Congress. Even so, the politicking over immigration reform has set a new standard in this election year. With lawmakers r...
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GOP playing with fireApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Republican senators are playing with fire. And Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is perfectly content to pile on the logs. It's hard to see how you argue against stricte...
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Student journal details boil down to matter of trustApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - There's a huge gap between what we've been officially told and what we've unofficially heard. The writings in a student journal at Glenbard South High School was deemed ...
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Economic development for MuslimsApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Unemployment in America is hovering at just below 10 percent, so President Obama hosted a "Summit on Entrepreneurship" in Washington, D.C., in an effort to boost economi...
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A law Arizona can live withApr 28, 2010 11:00 pm - "Misguided and irresponsible" is how Arizona's new law pertaining to illegal immigration is characterized by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She represents San Francisco, which ca...
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Good journalism aims to produce more than angerApr 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Our editorial on this page in Wednesday's editions focused on solutions to the pensions mess that we've been writing about all week. But it also carried an implicit mess...