Opinion Stories from February 1, 2011 (Change date)
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Lawmakers don’t understand real lifeFeb 02, 2011 11:37 am - The recently released Education Week Research Report assigned grades to all fifty states education performance; Illinois received an overall score of 73 and ranked 40th ...
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Democrats caused it and now won’t fix itFeb 02, 2011 9:52 am - Taking their lead from the national Democratic legislators, the Democrat-controlled Illinois state legislature passed major tax legislation in the middle of the night du...
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Nuance changes but not key theme of storm coverageFeb 02, 2011 2:55 pm - These are the times for stories we'll always remember. They are the “where were you when” stories that we tell our children and grandchildren 20 or 30 years from now whe...
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Funding for mental health is lackingFeb 02, 2011 9:52 am - It is not the voicing of strong opinions that leads people to act out as some politicians have suggested. It would be a shame if this became a political tool when either...
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College is what you make of it; just get past stressFeb 02, 2011 11:18 am - Every year, UCLA's Higher Education Research Center does a national study of college freshmen, some 200,000 in all. This year, the big news is emotional health — or lack...
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One thing never mentioned: The gunFeb 02, 2011 8:49 am - The helicopter rotos are deafening. The spin is on to relieve the right of any culpability for the Tucson incident. Mental illness, which we ignore; remember Ronnie ...
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Stop the excuses, pay pension fundFeb 02, 2011 8:49 am - Some facts about the “lavish” pensions those evil public workers receive: In Illinois, I, along with all contractual employees, contributed up to 9 percent of my salary ...
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Civility ends with rash responsesFeb 02, 2011 8:49 am - Steven Covey describes a situation where a man on a bus is letting his children run rampant and the other passengers are getting very angry. Finally one starts to tell h...
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Just a fluoride- industry sales pitchFeb 02, 2011 8:49 am - I was disappointed to read this article which so boldly conjectured that fluoride should be used in bottled water. This is nothing but a fluoride industry sales pitch. I...
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Points the tea party would agree withFeb 02, 2011 8:49 am - I'm not currently a member of the tea party; I'm not even sure there is a place to go online or in person to sign up. I do, however, agree with their thinking regarding ...
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