Opinion Stories from September 24, 2011 (Change date)
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Let’s not minimalize Sunday with sportsSep 24, 2011 4:01 am - What is the essence of a desirable community? A community is its people. The quality of its people determines the quality of the community. What are the traits of people...
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Roundabout agreement improves safetySep 24, 2011 4:01 am - A recent letter to the editor was filled with inaccurate information regarding the equestrian underpass on Hunt Club Road. In response to that letter, here are the facts...
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The Soapbox: Fermilab tests speed-of-light barrierSep 24, 2011 4:01 am - The earth moves — fast: Scientists at Fermilab will be whipping subatomic particles around an accelerator tunneled beneath the suburbs, trying to replicate or refute an ...
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The return of the real ObamaSep 24, 2011 4:01 am - In a 2008 debate, Charlie Gibson asked Barack Obama about his support for raising capital gains taxes, given the historical record of government losing net revenue as a ...
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Teach kids to make good food choicesSep 24, 2011 4:01 am - Barbara Gier’s letter (“Obesity battle begins at home,” Sept. 14) has cut through the clutter to address a core matter. Today’s overscheduled parents sometimes feel forc...
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Who cares about Sarah Palin?Sep 24, 2011 4:01 am - Why is anyone still wondering if Sarah Palin will get into the presidential race? She is the most irrelevant person in the entire field, if not the world. Does anyone re...
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System broken for enforcing campaign finance rulesSep 24, 2011 4:01 am - What would you think if the Internal Revenue Service collected only 6 percent of the taxes citizens owed? Or if Metra conductors collected fares from only 6 percent of r...
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For GOP, it’s ‘all about them’Sep 24, 2011 4:01 am - Republicans say we cannot tax the “job creators.” This makes no sense. Job creators create jobs to serve markets and make profits. If an opportunity exists to serve new ...
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It’s time to call out GOP as obstructionistSep 24, 2011 4:01 am - What? Another long delay in job funds for disaster relief, debt ceiling crisis? Now the Republicans are delaying the signing of Obama’s jobs bill that could get this cou...
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Anything but more GOP leadershipSep 24, 2011 4:01 am - I am very upset that most Republicans refuse to cooperate with the president’s plan for economic recovery. Here’s why. The White House under George W. Bush failed to hee...