Opinion Stories from December 30, 2011 (Change date)
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Are we alone in the universe?Dec 31, 2011 7:46 am - Huge excitement. Two Earth-size planets found orbiting a sun-like star less than a thousand light-years away. This comes two weeks after the stunning announcement of ano...
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Why the royal treatment for Blago?Dec 30, 2011 11:01 pm - Congratulations for “Blago.” How wonderful, an extra month of freedom before you start your supposed 14-year sentence for corruption. How nice of Judge Zagel granting hi...
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The SoapboxDec 30, 2011 11:01 pm - Celebrate sensibly: It might be a timeworn bit of advice, but it remains an important one, simply told by the municipal sign outside the Schaumburg police/fire departmen...
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Emanuel’s policies stifle freedomsDec 30, 2011 11:01 pm - Near the beginning of the 20th century, the labor group Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), known as the “Wobblies,” was smeared and vilified in the press by the move...
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Value of life must not be diminishedDec 30, 2011 11:01 pm - We can only imagine the extreme panic, loss of reason and contempt for human life that it takes for someone to kill a newborn child. Yet 19-year-old Jessica Cruz of Hano...
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Obama is playing us for foolsDec 30, 2011 11:01 pm - Does Obama really consider the American people complete idiots? How in heaven’s name can he “downgrade” the Fort Hood mass murder to “workplace violence”? He’s playing u...
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Schools must live within their meansDec 30, 2011 11:01 pm - Before the ink gets dry on my morning Herald, let me forward my thanks and appreciation for the editorial on the rash of school district actions approving tax levies. Wi...
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Blago isn’t guilty and should appealDec 30, 2011 4:01 am - On the advice of his lawyers in hopes of getting a lesser sentence, Blagojevich lied to the judge about being guilty of who knows what. Apparently the judge did not bel...
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The new Chelsea ClintonDec 31, 2011 7:45 am - Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton’s debut on NBC’s “Nightly News” drew plenty of attention, as well it should have. Since her father’s election nearly 20 years ago, ...
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The case for a drivers’ phone banDec 30, 2011 4:01 am - By now, it’s hard to argue against the consensus that driving while distracted is dangerous — so dangerous that Illinois bans drivers texting, phoning in a construction ...
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