Articles filed under Opinion
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Will council video add understanding or more clutter?Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - While many a public body would prefer to conduct public business without that bothersome public in attendance, some do understand how representative government is suppos...
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Why, exactly, are police conducting gay sex stings?Sep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Well, that didn't take long. A mere five days from the Roll Call revelations to the presumed resignation. Thirty-three years of public service down the toilet, and that ...
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U.S. and Mexico both too quick to blame the otherSep 06, 2007 11:00 pm - Americans and Mexicans have more in common than you might imagine, and that's not necessarily a positive thing. People in both countries respond to illegal immigration i...
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Globalization cutting a destructive swath through U.S.Sep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Despite the harsh partisanship that had begun to infect politics by the 1990s, there was at least one tenet about which mainstream Democrats and Republicans agreed: Glob...
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Perils and pitfalls of a story that makes no one happyAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Sometimes, in our quest to do the right thing, we make things worse. Such was the case in a story the other day on one of the touchiest topics we cover -- abortion. It i...
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Trick play by Blagojevich gets stuffed at the lineAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Football season is upon us and, as is his wont, Illinois' head coach Rod Blagojevich is calling another political misdirection play. The governor sued House Speaker Mich...
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Some suicides require coverage, but always with sensitivityAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Sad though it is, covering tragedy is a mainstay of daily news reporting. When people are injured or die violently, a wide range of factors come into play to make that n...
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Gonzales' critics are wrong; he was the right man for the jobAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - As a defender of Alberto Gonzales, I was sorry to see him go. And I told him so when I spoke with him Monday after he announced his resignation. Gonzales sounded relieve...
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No doubt about officials' action against ArellanoAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - When I heard that federal immigration agents had arrested and deported Elvira Arellano, a 32-year-old Mexican citizen who brazenly broke our laws and all but dared U.S. ...
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Petraeus' report may further deepen divisions over the warAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Come September, America might slip closer toward a Weimar moment. It would be milder than the original but significantly disagreeable. After the First World War, politic...