Steve Chapman

McCain's confusion on Iraq - July 24, 2008 - If there is any fixed position in John McCain's policy agenda, it's that we must never, ever, set a timetable for leaving Iraq. He regularly flogs Barack Obama for proposing to withdraw by the summer of 2010. So it was a surprise to hear him say Monday, when asked if our troops might depart in the next two years, "Oh, I think they could be largely withdrawn, as I've said."

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Jon Hilkevitch

CTA Bus Tracker online program adding more routes - July 20, 2008 - Fifteen more bus routes and a new online map with a streamlined look and more information will be added Monday to the Chicago Transit Authority's Web-based Bus Tracker program.

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John Kass

Hard-hitting football team is truly a Force for good - July 25, 2008 - Want to watch some smash-mouth tackle football this weekend as a Chicago team plays for the championship of the world?

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Garrison Keillor

Summer civility and the promise of more to come - July 23, 2008 - New York in July, hot and breezy, the smell of pizza and coffee in the air, and on the subway one is surrounded by women in light summer dresses, the bare shoulders of elegant young urban women whose shoulders tell you they never toted barges or lifted bales, never laid eyes on a barge or a bale except for someone barging into their office and giving them a baleful look.

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Timothy J. McNulty

Diversity efforts missing readers - July 25, 2008 - When media executives talk about diversity, the focus is generally on the need to hire more minorities. A different way of thinking about it is that the media need to attract new audiences.

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Clarence Page

A big story is our biggest bias - July 23, 2008 - A respected group of media researchers has found that Barack Obama gets a lot more coverage than John McCain. I didn't need a think tank to tell me that. After all, Madonna gets more coverage than McCain does, even when she doesn't want it—although it is hard to imagine when she wouldn't.

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Kathleen Parker

Should the GOP try to get Jindal to reconsider? - July 24, 2008 - Drum roll. Suspense. Who will it be?

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Mary Schmich

Kindle sells itself—or its devotees will - July 25, 2008 - I like to read books the old-fashioned way, with a pen in my hand, paper I can spill stuff on, and a page corner I can crease when I can't find the receipt that's been marking my place.

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Dawn Turner Trice

Timing, Bush help Obama cut racial gap - July 21, 2008 - Last week, a New York Times/CBS News poll suggested that even though Sen. Barack Obama is poised to make history next month by becoming the country's first African-American presidential nominee, it is difficult to ignore the issue gap that persists between black and white America.

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Jon Yates

McDonald's drive-through speaker disturbs couple's sleep - July 23, 2008 - There are nights when the drive-through speaker is so loud, it wakes up John and Patricia Andersen from their slumber.

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Eric Zorn

Hard to find good reason to buy back guns - July 24, 2008 - Here are six reasons I'm wary of gun buybacks, such as the one scheduled for Saturday in Chicago in which those who turn in firearms at any of 25 locations get a $100 prepaid credit card per gun, no questions asked.

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