Opinion Stories from May 21, 2012 (Change date)
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Editorial: The distraction friends add to teen drivingMay 21, 2012 6:52 pm - The power of peer pressure among teenagers is well documented, and even if it weren’t, any parent could attest to it. It many respects, this is to be celebrated. Though ...
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Constitutional rights not a voting matterMay 21, 2012 3:07 pm - Proving that the “new” South is not a whole lot different from the old, North Carolina became the last former Confederate state to approve a constitutional amendment tha...
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Inspect wording of pension amendmentMay 21, 2012 3:07 pm - This fall Illinois voters will have the opportunity to vote on a constitutional amendment that will make it harder for state and local governments to sweeten public empl...
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Voter ID only a small inconvenienceMay 21, 2012 3:07 pm - What I find “shameful and un-American” James Prescott (Fence Post, May 10) is your assumption that voter fraud is immaterial; that elections are unaffected by fraudulent...
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Check the facts on that tax assertionMay 21, 2012 1:15 pm - This letter is in response to the last paragraph of the May 8 letter by George Blinick. Mr. Blinick states that “the mega rich pay a lesser percentage on their income th...
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Praise for students’ anti-bullying stanceMay 21, 2012 1:15 pm - Students at Hoffman Estates High School appear to have more savvy than the adults in charge (“Hoffman H.S. questions T-shirts’ intent,” May 12 Daily Herald). Standing up...
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Domestic reserves could solve oil problemsMay 21, 2012 1:15 pm - I just found out that something called the “Green River Formation,” which is on mainly unoccupied government land in portions of Utah, Wyoming and Colorado, contains oil...
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Grief is not a mental illnessMay 21, 2012 9:36 am - We moderns seem determined to suppress all unhappiness with one exception: grief. The intense sadness following loss of a loved one still occupies a warm spot in our cul...
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A whiff of ‘hope and change’May 21, 2012 5:01 am - President Obama’s evolutionary leap on same-sex marriage is a historic advance in the nation’s long march toward equality and justice. It is also a bold political gambit...
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BPA limits can’t wait for federal actionMay 21, 2012 5:01 am - In response to a request submitted over three years ago, the Food and Drug Administration made a disappointing announcement last month: They will continue to allow unreg...
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