Friday, January 27, 2012

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Newt's debt to President Clinton
Daum: Newt's debt to President Clinton

So it's official. No one really cares that Newt Gingrich is an egotistical, vainglorious scoundrel, at least where women are concerned.

Gingrich's shady Alinsky campaign Zorn: Gingrich's shady Alinsky campaign

I suspect Saul Alinsky would nod with grudging admiration at the way GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich repeatedly injects his name into speeches and interviews.
Editorial: A change for better treatment

Gov. Pat Quinn announced plans last week to close two state mental health institutions and move their patients into community-based care. The governor is getting a ton of heat over this decision, from politicians, from parents of patients and from community leaders. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said the state is "balancing its budget on the backs of our most vulnerable citizens."
Today's columnists

Can the police keep up with Jones?

The U.S. Supreme Court has just laid down a major defense of personal privacy — and raised major questions about law enforcement's ability to use new technologies to fight crime. In a landmark decision this week, the court broadly interpreted the people's Fourth Amendment rights "to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches."
Editorial: The Degnan debacle

For all we know, Judge-to-be Daniel Degnan richly deserves to rise to chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. However high his judicial career climbs, though, he'll forever have to live with the disgrace that influential Chicago Democrats have imposed on him: Whatever his smarts, temperament and integrity, Degnan will always be just their made man.

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