Opinion Stories from May 11, 2011 (Change date)
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A look at two states' different directionsMay 12, 2011 6:38 pm - This is the “Tale of Two States” going in two different directions. Who might the winner be? State of Illinois: 1. The state willingly accepted federal money l...
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A sick, uneducated nation can't prosperMay 12, 2011 6:39 pm - I am disappointed in Congressman Randy Hultgren for voting in favor of the House Republican budget plan that provides tax cuts for the wealthy at the expense of America'...
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Celebrations live longer than children they honorMay 12, 2011 6:40 pm - If there ever has been a more prolonged tragedy than that of Jeanine Nicarico, I can't recall it. I remember well a story we did many years ago, noting how 10-year-old J...
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Fight TV, for morals of our childrenMay 12, 2011 6:41 pm - Has anyone watched CSI, a crime TV show? I have not, but because I am a member of Parents Television Council, and they recently updated me with information that this TV ...
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To be 70 and an AmericanMay 12, 2011 8:33 pm - In 1960, after the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Yankees in an electrifying seven-game World Series, the Yankees fired manager Casey Stengel, who had turned 7...
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Taxpayers: Try the Sears-Motorola planMay 12, 2011 6:45 pm - I have a great idea for all of those who just received their increased property tax bills while the value of their property went down. Threaten to move out of state, and...
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Leading the world is costing U.S.May 12, 2011 6:43 pm - Charles Krauthammer's May 1 column on our current foreign policy sounds like he is stuck in the Cold War era. The true measure of a leader is not the one who shouts the ...
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Obama's 'changes' hit the walletMay 12, 2011 6:44 pm - In reference to the letter by Steve Howard (“Looks like not much has changed,” May 1 Fence Post), I couldn't agree more. As I said in 2008 and continue to say now, if yo...
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Criticism of Obama misguidedMay 12, 2011 6:41 pm - On May 7 a lady from South Elgin wrote that President Obama does not deserve any allegiance for the past events. Well, this lady needs to get her facts straight. First, ...
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Walking around with our state pension problemMay 12, 2011 6:46 pm - One ad notes most of us are paying for 5 percent of the state population to retire early with too-healthy pensions. Another dueling ad features public workers noting the...
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