Opinion Stories from October 17, 2017 (Change date)
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Editorial: Keeping video gambling numbers in perspectiveOct 18, 2017 6:35 pm - As proposals to expand gambling in Illinois continue to proliferate - although it didn't become part of the final deal, gambling expansion was for a time a feature of th...
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Time to complete approval of ERAOct 17, 2017 2:17 pm - We have been considering the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution for 94 years. It's time to wind up this unfinished business. The proposed ERA says ...
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The Trump within usOct 17, 2017 1:00 am - This fall, I am struck by the all-too-clear awareness that there is no longer any question about who Donald J. Trump really is. Even last spring, some of us were calmed ...
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Politics, profits led to insurance reform vetoOct 17, 2017 1:00 am - By Michael W. Frerichs Guest columnist The late Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka used to say that there was the Democratic Party, the Republican Party and the Judy Party. She...
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Religious or not, keep minds open on abortionOct 17, 2017 2:19 pm - I was disappointed but not surprised to read in the Daily Herald that the Republicans are disagreeing with Gov. Rauner over the abortion bill he signed. Most people oppo...
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Pride on Columbus DayOct 17, 2017 2:19 pm - Is anyone a proud American anymore? I was stunned when my seventh-grade grandson came home from school saying we should not celebrate Columbus Day anymore. I asked, "Why...
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A dearth of virtue and the death of hypocrisyOct 17, 2017 1:00 am - Hypocrisy, one of the most damnable sins, has been rendered obsolete. When everybody's a skunk, nobody smells the stench. Or, more to the point, when everyone's slurping...
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Time to reset on Lombard library planOct 17, 2017 12:05 am - While Lombard voters, in November 2016 mind you, approved an unprecedented increase in the tax rate for the Helen Plum Library District here we are nearly a year later w...
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Trump shows only contempt for Puerto RicoOct 17, 2017 12:05 am - It's one thing when a president's hurricane recovery efforts are inadequate due to gross incompetence like it was for George W. Bush in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrin...
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