Opinion Stories from September 6, 2011 (Change date)
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Make tollway part of IDOTSep 06, 2011 1:01 am - The recent decision by the toll authority board to practically double the tolls displayed the undemocratic procedure for making rate hikes. The tollway board proposed th...
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Say it ain’t so, AlecSep 06, 2011 3:50 am - Alec Baldwin has a girlfriend. Hardly a headline, except for the fact that yoga instructor Hilaria Thomas is 26 years younger. Baldwin is a heartthrob for the fifty-som...
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The best show in townSep 06, 2011 3:50 am - In that fleeting interval between earthquake/hurricane and the president’s 57th (or so) major national address next Thursday, I can finally devote a summer column to the...
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Stress prevention, not just a cureSep 06, 2011 3:50 am - We are seeing a lot of pink these days as the breast cancer fundraising raises millions to “find a cure,” although 86 percent of patients are already being cured through...
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Don’t reduce funds for artificial limbsSep 06, 2011 3:50 am - I am writing to speak up for amputees and persons with chronic limb impairment. Several states have taken the extreme steps of trying to modify Medicaid benefits so that...
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Tragedy shows need for vigilanceSep 06, 2011 3:50 am - On Aug. 27, the Daily Herald reported the murder of Jennifer Gustafson-Ferrigan in her Hanover Park home. Her husband, who had a shootout with police and is hospitalized...
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The progressives’ freedom agendaSep 06, 2011 3:50 am - The third week in July, Republican Gov. Rick Perry said that the U.S. Constitution — whose 10th Amendment limits federal power — gives states the right to decide on such...
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