Opinion Stories from October 1, 2012 (Change date)
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It’s debatableOct 01, 2012 10:26 am - The spectacles we persist in dignifying as presidential “debates” — two-minute regurgitations of rehearsed responses — often subtract from the nation’s understanding. Bu...
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Fire sprinklers are a ‘mandate for waste’Oct 01, 2012 5:00 am - Recently in Fence Post, the president of the National Fire Sprinkler Association pointed out that many states have rejected the International Code Council’s requirement ...
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No easy way to evaluate teachersOct 01, 2012 5:00 am - Evaluating teachers based on student test scores is like evaluating school counselors by the number of students on their caseload who suffer from depression or evaluatin...
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Give ComEd ability to move aheadOct 01, 2012 5:00 am - The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce was an early and enthusiastic supporter of the Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act, because we understand that a modern electrici...
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Point fingers at House RepublicansOct 01, 2012 5:00 am - I learned in my high school U.S. government class that Congress (The House of Representatives and the Senate) makes the laws, the Supreme Court interprets the laws and t...
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Government cannot create wealthOct 01, 2012 5:00 am - Politicians on both sides of the aisle love to tout how they can create or have already created jobs. This is simply not true. The government has no money of its own and...
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Editorial: A sad lack of leadership in LombardOct 01, 2012 5:00 am - The village of Lombard has been without a leader since Village President William J. “Bill” Mueller died Aug. 18. It seems humility, common sense and decency died with hi...
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The femininity factorOct 01, 2012 5:00 am - Are Republican women politicians more “feminine” than Democratic women politicians? That’s the conclusion of a new study by UCLA researchers, who found that Republican w...
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Still leaving our kids behindOct 01, 2012 5:00 am - The new movie “Won’t Back Down” is to public education what Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” was to the meatpacking industry — a needed spotlight, but not for the squeamish...
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