Opinion Stories from February 20, 2013 (Change date)
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Washington’s serial abdicationFeb 20, 2013 4:00 am - “I don’t know whether to kill myself or to go bowling,” goes the old country song. Official Washington has apparently decided to do both — permitting a self-destructive ...
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Lost faith in candidateFeb 20, 2013 8:34 am - We are very upset with our village trustee Steve Lentz and have decided not to vote for him as mayor. Why? The village paid $42,000 for a plan for roads, sewers and wat...
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Love, alas, is all around usFeb 20, 2013 4:00 am - I love you. Honestly, I do. I love all my readers — each and every one of you, including the ones I don’t know, which is most of you. This is the way it now is in Americ...
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Editorial: YMCA merger a sensible solutionFeb 20, 2013 4:00 am - Many suburban leaders learned long ago that if you link up with your neighbor, you can buy anything from ambulances to water towers to copy paper more cheaply. The Hoffm...
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Forest preserve leader will be missedFeb 20, 2013 8:34 am - Tom Hahn is a great guy. A gem. And, his retirement from the top spot at the Lake County Forest Preserves helps me to realize what “the perfect person at the perfect tim...
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Children an investment in our futureFeb 20, 2013 4:00 am - Is a declining fertility rate a negative or positive sign? I read “Baby Bust” in The Wall Street Journal and Froma Harrop’s editorial in the Herald (Feb. 7). The fertili...
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Marriage equality will foster stabilityFeb 20, 2013 4:00 am - As the pastor of an Open and Affirming congregation of the United Church of Christ in Arlington Heights, I am writing about an issue of fairness and equality for all fam...
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Weakened marriage hurts women mostFeb 20, 2013 4:00 am - What a tragedy that the Illinois Senate has voted to legalize gay marriage. I hear many say that people should have the right to marry whomever they want. This debate is...
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Big pensions, high salaries are problemFeb 20, 2013 3:40 am - Big pensions, high salaries are problem The problem with Illinois pensions is not lack of taxpayer contributions, it is out of control salaries and the pensions gen...
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Don’t send us to the cornfield, BarackFeb 20, 2013 3:40 am - Don’t send us to the cornfield, Barack There’s a famous Twilight Zone episode in which a spoiled 8-year-old with supernatural powers is allowed to do anything he de...
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