Articles filed under Opinion
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What true revival looks likeSep 07, 2010 11:00 pm - In calling for a spiritual revival in America at his Lincoln Memorial rally Aug. 28, talk show host Glenn Beck reached back into history and touched on a familiar theme....
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Parties mean little in governors' racesSep 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Professional partisans see every race as a mark on their team's scoreboard. But these activists err in treating the win of a state governorship and U.S. Senate seat as s...
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The overgrown environmentalism eraSep 06, 2010 11:00 pm - The collapsing crusade for legislation to combat climate change raises a question: Has ever a political movement made so little of so many advantages? Its implosion has ...
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Campaigns still lacking in substanceSep 05, 2010 11:00 pm - In a midterm election year, Labor Day usually kicks off Illinois' nonstop campaign season. Normally, candidates offer their platform and plans to deal with state policy ...
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History lessons of immigrationSep 05, 2010 11:00 pm - So the immigration debate has you confused and frustrated? Arnold Torres has it all figured out. "Those of us who have done this before can see every move two steps bef...
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Guest view: Illinois' video gambling venture may not last longSep 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Rollout time is nigh for the grand Illinois video gaming venture that in 2009 promised up to $500,000 in new state revenues to help meet the state's staggering deficit. ...
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The ambiguity of war's endSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Now that the Iraq war is over - for U.S. combat troops, at least - only one thing is clear about the outcome: We didn't win. We didn't lose, either, in the sense of bein...
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Extremists mustn't write war's endingSep 02, 2010 11:00 pm - In his Oval Office address Tuesday night announcing the end of combat operations in Iraq, President Obama said, "It's time to turn the page" and start focusing on rebuil...
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Guidelines help keep letters lively, diverse and localSep 01, 2010 11:00 pm - We've had some lively discussions lately among various Daily Herald editors who deal with our Fence Post letters, so, with the unofficial Labor Day kickoff of the Novemb...
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A modern day Valjean? It could happenAug 31, 2010 11:00 pm - I attended about one-third of Rod Blagojevich's first trial (RB-I). It was educational and entertaining as well as disheartening and at times frightening. In all honesty...