Saturday, September 24, 2011

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Greek toast
Editorial: Greek toast

From a financial standpoint, Greece is toast. And the sooner European bankers admit it, the better for everybody—including President Barack Obama.

The Davis cases: Georgia's execution echoes earlier Illinois case The Davis cases: Georgia's execution echoes earlier Illinois case

The controversial execution of Troy Davis, 42, last week in Georgia put me in mind of the last and only truly controversial execution in Illinois.
Retro TV revisits birth of 'culture war' Retro TV revisits birth of 'culture war'

Do "Mad Men," "Pan Am," "The Playboy Club" and BBC America's "The Hour" exploit society's barely suppressed appetite for a more sexist, racist and conservative era? Fear not. The underlying message in these depictions of the bad old days is clear: We should be better than that now, even when we aren't.
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Bed, breakfast and beyond the pale Zorn: Bed, breakfast and beyond the pale

In less time than it takes you to read this paragraph, you can find on the Internet a variety of pages that cite scriptural authority to back up the fringe argument that inter-racial marriage is an abomination.
Beavers, Collins, Murphy, Sims and Steele Editorial: Beavers, Collins, Murphy, Sims and Steele

In February, the Cook County Board voted 12-5 to phase out the damaging sales tax increase that Todd Stroger championed when he was board president. Who were the five naysayers? Democrats William Beavers, Earlean Collins, Joan Patricia Murphy, Deborah Sims and Robert Steele.

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