Articles filed under Opinion
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Politicians too late in responding to the threat of a recessionJan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- So where were all the politicians who are now saying, "Hurry up! Fix it!" about the looming recession, back when the economic mess was brewing? Most of the...
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Contrasts in governing experience in presidential raceJan 17, 2008 10:00 pm - It was fascinating to watch the three top contenders for the Democratic nomination discuss their concept of the presidency during Tuesday night's MSNBC debate in Las Veg...
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Toll enforcement system works in best interests of honest tollway usersJan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - McPartlin is Executive Director of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority The Illinois Tollway exists to connect families and customers to businesses and people ...
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It's 'make or break' time for the prime minister of IraqJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - A new movement to oust Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is gathering force in Baghdad. And although the United States is counseling against this change of government...
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Women voters came to the rescue of Hillary Clinton's campaignJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - By Wednesday, the headlines that had blared "Panic" and "On the Edge" were as infamous as "Dewey Beats Truman." The advance stories written to explain Hillary's defeat h...
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Difficulty of spreading democracy throughout the worldJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Of all the understandings of the democratic idea, none could be more wrong than this one. Democracy at its very core is an antidote to the kind of dynastic revenge young...
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It will be another year of constantly changing opinionsJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - If I were writing a horror film about the news business (not so hard to imagine these days), I would invent a diabolical machine called the "Opinion Accelerator." The A...
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Long-running war on drugs has been an abject failureJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - You don't hear much about the nation's "war on drugs" these days. It's a has-been, a glamourless geezer. Its glitz has been stolen by the "war on terror," which gets the...
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Don't read too much into the results of the caucuses in IowaJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - MANCHESTER, N.H. -- One final reminder: When you're reading returns from the Iowa caucuses, remember you are viewing them through a double distortion mirror. The outcom...
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Democratic leader who shares Reagan's view of tax reformJan 02, 2008 10:00 pm - "I was in South Carolina recently and a (black) guy brought me his grandson and said he was so excited to have the kid shake the hand of the chairman of the powerful Way...