Articles filed under Opinion
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Modernizing Miranda: a new consensus?May 15, 2010 11:00 pm - It's not often that I agree with Attorney General Eric Holder. But, then again, it's not often that Holder publicly embraces an anti-terrorism measure I proposed 48 hour...
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Gender, geography and the courtMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - The magnificent author and son of the Great Santini, Pat Conroy, began "The Prince of Tides" with these words: "My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port o...
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Gulf shrimpers had economic interests, tooMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - A pile of beautiful Gulf shrimp beckoned from the fish counter, and I thought, better buy them soon. Louisiana shrimpers are now trying to grab all they can get before t...
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Kids out of controlMay 12, 2010 11:00 pm - I have no idea what five students at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, Calif., have in mind by way of career plans, but they should take up acting. They're good at it...
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The fine art of writing a 'head' to rememberMay 12, 2010 11:00 pm - It's funny what sticks with you over the years. Many of us who got into journalism did so to try to make a difference in our communities or to be close to "where the act...
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Transparency, consistency in lobbying neededMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - As Illinois struggles with deficits and a failing economy, it is critical to understand the behind-the-scenes lobbying that fuels the state's political decision-making. ...
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Love in the ruinsMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Around 1924, the professor seduced his student. He was 35 and married, she was 18 and single. He was an important philosopher and she was a precocious kid, destined for ...
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How a Cohen run could do more harm than goodMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Illinois politics has, in the past, had some amazing twists and turns. We have seen Election Day backstabbing or knifing, strange political coalitions form and then disa...
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Sounds of insecurityMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - In a TV commercial about buying gold, former Watergate figure and current radio talk show host Gordon Liddy transfers several coins from one hand to the other and says, ...
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A changed AmericaMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Fifty years ago, when he was writing what is still the best account ever of a presidential election campaign, "The Making of the President 1960," Theodore H. White devot...