Opinion
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Esther Cepeda: Driving to distractionJan 18, 2013 6:00 am - Illinois again finds itself at the center of the controversy over immigration. Gov. Pat Quinn has said he will be signing into law a bill that provides driver's licenses...
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Jared Olar: D.C.-TV never has anything good onJan 15, 2013 10:00 pm - The made-for-taxpayers drama, "Over the Fiscal Cliff," is still fresh in everyone's memories, but Washington, D.C., has begun preparations to televise the next show in i...
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Editorial: Another poke in the eye from a ‘too big to fail'Jan 13, 2013 10:00 pm - Ultimately, insurance giant AIG decided not to join a lawsuit against the federal government brought by shareholders alleging that big, bad Uncle Sam went too hard on th...
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Charita Goshay: Absence of prayer didn't cause Sandy Hook tragedyJan 13, 2013 10:00 pm - As we continue to examine the issue of gun violence, I'm tired, tired, tired of the premise that if only prayer were practiced in public schools, tragedies like Sandy Ho...
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Jason Farmer: Not happy with Hall of Fame resultsJan 10, 2013 10:00 pm - I understand the way Wednesday's Hall of Fame vote went. I really do, but that doesn't mean I am happy with it. After sitting back, watching the lead up to the announcem...
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Philip Maddocks: House supports Boehner's re-election, offers speaker free trip on the KullukJan 10, 2013 10:00 pm - Eager to signal that the turmoil and division of the 112th Congress is a matter of the past, House members re-elected Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio as speaker o...
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Paul Jannace: Sad day for baseballJan 09, 2013 10:00 pm - Try as it might, baseball will never dig itself out of the steroid era. The 2013 Hall of Fame vote is exhibit A that steroids tarnished the game forever, and a taint tha...
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Family Matters: From battleground to well-behavedJan 09, 2013 10:00 pm - How do you raise a well-behaved child? Yelling, bribing, negotiating, punishing or threatening won't change unwanted behaviors because those actions don't teach the desi...
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Editorial: Can we rise to the challenge, America?Dec 17, 2012 10:00 pm - From an Interfaith Memorial Service in Newtown, Conn., on Sunday night, President Barack Obama made a powerful appeal to the nation to address the root causes of an unth...
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Kent Bush: Compromise must be reached on gun lawsDec 16, 2012 10:00 pm - Americans don't want a solution. Working together, one could be found. But no one will work together, and no solution will be found to the problem of repeated gun violen...