Articles filed under Opinion
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Flexible view of plagiarism at Southern Illinois UniversityNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Apparently, I owe an apology to a college student I failed in 1985 for plagiarizing his thesis on space travel. That's because Southern Illinois University now indicates...
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Look to Iran for clues on how to address the crisis in PakistanNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - JERUSALEM -- As we struggle to make sense of the political crisis in Pakistan, it's useful to think back nearly 30 years to the protests that toppled the Shah of Iran an...
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Talks offer hope if compromise replaces rhetoricNov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Israeli and Palestinian efforts to revive peace talks at Annapolis offer a new chance for peace, if courage and compromise on both sides can replace rhetoric and PR. The...
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Expectations are justifiably low for this summitNov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - How many times have you attended an event - a work function, a trip to see the in-laws - not because you wanted to, but because you had to? That's how I imagine the part...
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Say a prayer: Part of Chicago trinity now covered in thornsNov 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Once upon a time, the good people of a great land named Chicago were happy and content if their leaders did three things: • Picked up the garbage on time every week. • C...
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Democrats would put us at risk with their carrots and sticksNov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - If there were stock in carrots and sticks, I would direct my broker to immediately buy some because virtually all of the Democratic presidential candidates in Philadelph...
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Master skater Padron returned to thin home ice, despite long historyNov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Jesse Padron has been a cloud over the Elgin Police Department for so long, it now seems he must have brought his own rainmaker. Hired in 1988, he managed to work about ...
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Parents cross line when they stalk their own childrenNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Those much vaunted helicopter parents are turning into black-helicopter parents. The image of parents hovering over their kids is morphing into the darker image of paren...
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There's nothing progressive about blocking vouchersOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - In today's political taxonomy, "progressives" are rebranded liberals dodging the damage they did to their old label. Perhaps their most injurious idea -- injurious to th...
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Federal response to wildfires wasn't as great as you'd thinkOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- The narrative being spun by the White House -- and seemingly adopted by the national media -- is that the Bush administration learned from its mistakes afte...