Articles filed under Opinion
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Government can do more than wage war and collect taxesNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - In the heart of DuPage County, in the shadow of the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway, Illinois Republican heavyweight Jim Ryan is using "The Jim Ryan Symposium on Public A...
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Democrat who truly knows the meaning of the word patriotismNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - This will probably kill his career, but I rise to praise Sen. Joe Lieberman, the independent Democrat from Connecticut. In a speech last week before Johns Hopkins Univer...
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Rules of the game stacked against women candidatesNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Can anybody tell me what a gender card is anyway and where you buy one? After last week, I'm beginning to think that none of us is playing with a full deck. Let me revie...
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No deciphering the 'non-user friendly' or 'obscure' tax billNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - When the property tax bill cometh, I normally listen for my husband's scream, drop a hand of commiseration on his shoulder and forget about it. Compelled by an odd masoc...
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Unions making a comeback in both membership, cloutNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - At Harvard University this week, a group of economists will hold a conference to explore a phenomenon that has gone largely unremarked in the wider world -- an organizin...
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Meet AAIM, a lesser-known, but vigilant foe of drunken drivingNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - They almost revel in their under-known status. They're a group involved in a relentless crusade against drunken drivers. And they provide empathy and support for the vic...
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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...