Articles filed under Opinion
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Improved security in Iraq is cause for cautious optimismNov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - The signs of improvement in Iraq are clearer every week. The latest numbers show a 55 percent drop in attacks since the surge of U.S. troops reached full strength in Jun...
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Conservatives can't stray from mission of limits on governmentNov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - In the 1920s and '30s, the American left was riven by multiple factions furiously representing different flavors of socialism, each accusing the others of revisionism an...
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Hillary Clinton wants free trade that doesn't hurt workersNov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - Where does Hillary Clinton stand on economic issues? Is she a "Clintonian," the heir to the pro-globalization views of her husband? Or is she part of the growing movemen...
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A growing school investment providing very little to justify itNov 24, 2007 10:00 pm - If this newspaper's School Finance 101 series showed nothing else, it was that Illinois taxpayers have not been pinching pennies on education. Since 1996, state taxpayer...
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Look to Thailand for lessons on averting a U.S. economic disasterNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - See if you can identify the following country: Its currency is falling sharply in global markets; its speculative real-estate bubble has burst; its financial sector is w...
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Palestinians should get a chance to prove they can curb terrorismNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - JERUSALEM -- Here's a safe prediction in advance of the Annapolis peace conference scheduled to take place in a few weeks: The Palestinians won't be ready to fulfill the...
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Troubling prospect of dual Hillary/Bill Clinton presidencyNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - As the Democratic presidential race finally gets down to brass tacks, two issues are becoming paramount. But only one of them is clearly on the table. That is the issue...
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Cybersnarling over Glenbard-Fremd ruckus a good/bad signNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - I'm having a tough time deciding which group to join on the Facebook Web site: "Daily Herald Boycott for fremd+ people for the truth" or the "Daily Herald writers are ly...
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Liberals are right, even if hypocrites, in backing MukaseyNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - I'm not used to agreeing with Sens. Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein on anything regarding the Justice Department. So imagine my surprise now that these Democrats and ...
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An inept Karl Rove is qualified to criticize Democrats in CongressNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Karl Rove is the not the genius he used to be. Partially responsible for the mismanagement of two wars, the collapse of American prestige around the world, the failure t...