Saturday, November 26, 2011

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Chicago's war on cars

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's undeclared war on the automobile wouldn't be so bad if the city gave commuters some practical alternatives.

An 'uppity' outrage Page: An 'uppity' outrage

I don't know whose idea it was to send first lady Michelle Obama to a NASCAR race. But the reaction offers a timely lesson in political correctness, a regime that used to be known simply as good manners.

Grace under pressure Editorial: Maggie Daley's grace under pressure

We are grateful for the long lesson she taught us: how to live, in dignity, against tall odds.

Today's columnists

An AIDS-free generation An AIDS-free generation

When I tested positive for HIV in 1994, I never would have imagined an AIDS-free generation to be possible in my lifetime.

Government success stories. In Illinois. Really. Government success stories. In Illinois. Really.

The second- and third-largest governments in Illinois have begun to admit what the biggest one stubbornly will not: The era of ever more taxing, spending and borrowing has to end. The era of efficiently delivering essential government services has to begin.


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