Opinion Stories from December 19, 2011 (Change date)
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Could the events of 1929 revisit us?Dec 19, 2011 4:01 am - Now that another season of economic ups and downs is over, one wonders if the world is moving toward another economic and political disaster like the one in 1929. Not on...
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Smaller districts may be the answerDec 19, 2011 4:01 am - Your Dec. 11 editorial was right on (“A formula to end Illinois’ corruption”). What you didn’t say is how we get more democracy. The problem in Illinois is the size of t...
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Oakton St. impassible during rush hourDec 19, 2011 4:01 am - I’d like to pass on “jeers” to Des Plaines. They have made it impossible to get through their town during rush hours on Oakton Street, between River Road and the Metra t...
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There was just one HitchDec 19, 2011 4:01 am - The Republicans’ final debate preceding the Iowa caucuses suddenly became uncompelling. There was nothing to do but write about Christopher Hitchens, whose death has mad...
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Welcome home to you too, Mr. PresidentDec 19, 2011 4:01 am - “He finally said something,” the man in the elevator said to no one in particular as he turned away from the little screen that entertains us with traffic, weather and n...
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Suburbs filled with symphony orchestrasDec 19, 2011 4:01 am - I’ve been a Daily Herald subscriber since about 1984. I admire it greatly and never fail to read the Opinion page. In the Nov. 25 editorial, “Arts exist to lift spirits,...
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School districts wrong to increase leviesDec 19, 2011 4:01 am - Tis the season. The season for approving school district tax levies, that is. And the news on that front from several suburban school districts is disappointing. On the ...
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How dare Obama breathe and eatDec 19, 2011 4:01 am - How dare Obama breathe and eat A recent Fence Post letter criticizing how the Obamas have decorated the White House for Christmas shocked me into a new revelation. ...
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Does no one inspect finished roadwork?Dec 19, 2011 4:01 am - Two weeks ago, Old Buffalo Grove Road was repaved between Hintz Road and Buffalo Grove Road. It’s a little stretch of road, probably no more than 1/3 of a mile, that was...
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