Articles filed under Opinion
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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...
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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...