Articles filed under Opinion
-
Problematic issue of what to do about the embargo on CubaMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - On Dec. 29, 1962, 11 months before he was murdered by an advocate for Fidel Castro's regime (Lee Harvey Oswald had distributed propaganda on a New Orleans street for the...
-
Sorry, but even student journalists need bosses, tooMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Let me start by saying I have enormous respect for the accomplishments of the Central Times, the student-run newspaper at Naperville Central High School. More than once ...
-
Too many obstacles in the way of securing the homelandMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - The Department of Homeland Security celebrates its fifth birthday this week, and hopefully not with a bang. This has to be the only agency in government whose biggest ac...
-
Clinton surges back as cracks appear in Obama campaignMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Last fall, long before the first vote was cast in the Democratic presidential contest, Rep. Rahm Emanuel of Illinois told me in an interview that he thought Barack Obama...
-
Do we need background checks for house plant buyers?Mar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The ricin poison found in a Las Vegas hotel room is so deadly that a speck the size of a pinhead could kill you. The hotel occupant is still unconscious in a hospital, b...
-
Where the law can be enforced to deport illegal immigrantsMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The argument one hears most often for not enforcing illegal immigration laws is that we can't deport the estimated 12 million people already in this country. Maybe not, ...
-
Governor's proposal for NIU's Cole Hall merits good dose of skepticismFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Puterbaugh is Editor in Chief of the Northern Star, Northern Illinois University's college newspaper. Governor Rod Blagojevich came to DeKalb Wednesday to announce gran...
-
View of presidential campaign from the nation's governorsFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - While the nation's governors were in Washington from Saturday through Tuesday for their winter meeting, the campaigns of John McCain and Barack Obama accomplished some i...
-
Democrats remain in denial over progress made in IraqFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - "No one can spend some 10 days visiting the battlefields in Iraq without seeing major progress in every area. ... If the U.S. provides sustained support to the Iraqi go...
-
Liberal praise of Castro not shared by those he's oppressedFeb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - The left's favorite dictator, Fidel Castro, is "resigning" as Cuba's president of the Council of State. Sen. Mel Martinez, a Florida Republican, who at the age of 15, a...