Articles filed under Opinion
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An enforcer's thankless taskOct 31, 2010 11:00 pm - If you think you have a thankless job, just be thankful you're not in John Morton's shoes. Morton is the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It is his respo...
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My optimistic first voteOct 31, 2010 11:00 pm - I made the most meaningful trip to Stratford Square Mall in Bloomingdale last week. I voted. Not for the first time in a couple of years. Not for the first time in the U...
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Let's see some class at the end of the campaignsOct 30, 2010 11:00 pm - For half of the candidates on Tuesday's ballot, these are the days you remember. If you win, you remember what comes next. But if you lose, you always second-guess what ...
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The Great Campaign of 2010Oct 30, 2010 11:00 pm - In a radio interview that aired Monday on Univision, President Obama chided Latinos who “sit out the election instead of saying, ‘We're gonna punish our enemies and we'r...
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Time is now for improvements at College of DuPageOct 28, 2010 1:00 am - On Nov. 2, College of DuPage will seek voter approval to extend its bonding authority while keeping the tax rate for bond debt at its current level. The college took ad...
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Hail the American work ethicOct 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Whenever I visit Italy, France or elsewhere in dolce vita Europe, I go: “Oooh! Aren't these cheeses wonderful? Ahh! Look how fit and well-dressed everyone is. Oh! If onl...
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Both parties lack voices of expertise on the economyOct 27, 2010 11:00 pm - I have this strange feeling that we are about to be badly misled about the political climate in this country. We are going to look at the returns on the biggest Republic...
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Anger hanging in the vaporsOct 26, 2010 11:00 pm - The tea party has no leader. It has no address, no phone and no Washington headquarters. It is everywhere and nowhere. For Barack Obama, the tea party is the quintessent...
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U.S., Britain need willpower for spending dietOct 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Thirty-six years ago when he first ran for Congress, Texas obstetrician Ron Paul rented billboards depicting a seriously obese Uncle Sam with the caption: “Put Big Gover...
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Britain's austerity modelOct 25, 2010 1:00 am - The most important political news last week came from across the Atlantic, where the coalition government of British Prime Minister David Cameron ordered an austerity bu...