Articles filed under Opinion
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Health-care 'fix' is something we'll likely regretJun 27, 2009 11:00 pm - "In the beginning," says a character in a Peter De Vries novel, "the earth was without form and void. Why didn't they leave well enough alone?" When Washington is finish...
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A look at journalism in a Twitter eraJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - From time to time, a message pops into my e-mail announcing that someone is "Following You On Twitter." In fact, I don't go anywhere on Twitter, having signed up just to...
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Toll board member's pique good for us allJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Steven Harris is my new hero. Harris, a board member of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, did an everyman rave out at Thursday's meeting that provided great ins...
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'Aging' still an important part of news processJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - One of the more painful videos I've watched as a newspaper journalist is a clip from a recent "Daily Show" in which Jason Jones buckles the knees of The New York Times, ...
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The real meaning of NedaJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Every revolution needs a unifying symbol, and members of Iran's opposition movement now have theirs. That was one dumb sniper who took out the young woman millions now k...
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More doesn't equal better on school fundingJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Some people have certain presumptions - for example, that government is better-suited to handling problems than individuals or private entities. Nowhere has the failure ...
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Humanitarian, but questionableJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Those of us who live near the U.S.-Mexico border are used to seeing bizarre things - but not this bizarre. Law enforcement agencies don't typically help those who break ...
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Timid Obama succumbs to old politicsJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Last week was tough for the hopeful ones who believed President Obama's vow to break with the old politics. Every day, it seems, he caved to a Democratic interest group....
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Why silence on Iran when terror reigns?Jun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Millions of Iranians take to the streets to defy a theocratic dictatorship that, among its other finer qualities, is a self-declared enemy of America and the tolerance a...
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Gay rights activists must not give upJun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Rep. Barney Frank, the first member of Congress to be re-elected after coming out, is right in telling gays not to abandon the president. As Frank put it, "The notion th...