Saturday, December 10, 2011

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Obama's 'war on religion'
Obama's 'war on religion'

Steve Chapman: Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a new TV spot accusing President Barack Obama of waging "war on religion."

CME, Sears and the zero-sum game CME, Sears and the zero-sum game

Santa Claus came early this year — to Ohio. And now he's on his way to Illinois.
Good ideas won't be enough Good ideas won't be enough

Chicago's ethics ordinance isn't getting the job done. It wasn't meant to, if you want to know the truth. See No Evil, Hear No Evil is the motto of the city Ethics Board, which hasn't accused a single alderman of wrongdoing in 24 years, even as 20 of them were convicted of felonies.
Today's columnists

The Soldier Field fiasco Editorial: Soldier Field fiasco

The rehab project's cost eventually would swell to about $660 million, the public debt burden to some $432 million: Backloaded annual principal and interest payments leap from $6.3 million in 2002 to $88.5 million in 2032.

Steve Chapman: The Plan B myth

Much of the opposition to the FDA's proposed over-the-counter sale of Plan B came from fear that it would encourage teenagers to have sex and endanger the health of adolescent girls. But one of the grounds for opposition is that it's the moral equivalent of abortion. In this view, it prevents pregnancy by preventing a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus.


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