Opinion
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Granlund cartoon: Fourth of JulyJul 01, 2015 11:00 pm - Dave Granlund cartoon on the Fourth. ...
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Kent Bush: Political bumper stickers say a lot about a personJun 25, 2015 11:00 pm - You can learn a lot about a person by which cheap sticky defacements they attach to their vehicles. Some bumper stickers are preachy. Some are funny. But my favorite are...
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Matthew T. Mangino: Supreme Court makes it easier to prosecute child abuseJun 25, 2015 11:00 pm - Confrontation plays a significant role in every criminal trial. Not the yelling, threatening, finger-pointing conduct we have grown accustomed to when we hear the word ...
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Arthur I. Cyr: Greece and the European UnionJun 25, 2015 11:00 pm - The intense conflict between the European Union (EU) led by Germany and heavily indebted Greece continues. On June 22, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras proposed conce...
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Matthew T. Mangino: Hollywood goes to trial, military styleJun 18, 2015 11:00 pm - Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has intervened on behalf of Lance Cpl. Monifa Sterling, who is appealing her court martial to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ar...
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Arthur I. Cyr: China-Vietnam conflict reflects Pacific-wide maritime disputesJun 17, 2015 11:00 pm - Violent clashes involving Chinese ships and Vietnamese fishing boats are the latest in a series of maritime disputes that span the vast Pacific region. According to Viet...
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Rick Holmes: Ready for Warren BuffettJun 14, 2015 11:00 pm - The 2016 presidential election grows closer by the minute. Can you feel the excitement? Neither can I. The Republicans have 15 candidates already, but none has caught fi...
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Matthew T. Mangino: Rethinking bail: Protecting the public and the pocketbookJun 13, 2015 11:00 pm - Even as local government budgets become leaner, policy makers struggle to balance the ledger. One area of spending continues to be a burden with no real end in sight...
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Arthur I. Cyr: Turkey election on balance reassuringJun 09, 2015 11:00 pm - Turkey's electorate has voted for democracy and the rule of law over incipient dictatorship, a most positive development. In June 7 parliamentary elections, the Islamist...
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OPINION: Illinois House is “bitter and divisive”Jun 08, 2015 11:00 pm - After five months, you'd think that the warring parties at the Illinois Statehouse would have learned something about each other. Instead, last week's bitter and divisiv...