Opinion Stories from July 9, 2011 (Change date)
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Belief in civil rights makes America greatJul 09, 2011 12:01 am - Larry O’Neill mistakenly believes that “might makes right” (Fence Post, June 18). Not so in a democracy. No matter what percentage of Americans think homosexuality is “m...
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Teachers’ treatment far cry from veterans’Jul 09, 2011 12:01 am - In response to Todd Ruder’s analogy of comparing teachers treatment and returning Vietnam veterans, I say it’s baloney! I was one of those returning veterans and was act...
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Shame on Casey Anthony juryJul 09, 2011 12:01 am - The 5-year waiting period requirement was waived and the Casey Anthony jury was unanimously elected to the Jury Hall of Shame. Victor Darst West Dundee ...
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Stats show prudence of concealed carryJul 09, 2011 12:01 am - Congratulations, Illinois! Our legislative cowards have dictated that the inferior and ineffective Kingdom of Quinn is now the last of the 50 states that denies the righ...
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The people want higher taxesJul 09, 2011 12:01 am - Poll after poll shows that the American people want higher taxes. That’s not the same as liking higher taxes. The people have simply concluded that higher taxes are pref...
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Don’t forget about GOP-backed warJul 09, 2011 12:01 am - In response to Michael Hanley’s letter to the editor on May 28, he mentions all of the great things the Republicans did, but he also forgot what Richard Nixon did, and m...
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Enjoying your Great Society?Jul 09, 2011 12:01 am - There is an ongoing discussion about raising the national debt level. I use level instead of limit because it will continue to increase ad infinitum. The politicians are...
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Stumbling along on the deficitJul 09, 2011 12:01 am - Here we go again. An approaching crisis. A looming deadline. Nervous markets. And then, from the miasma of gridlock, rises our president, calling upon those unruly congr...
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Preckwinkle’s attempt to make Cook County workJul 09, 2011 12:01 am - “In God we trust. All others, bring data.” That quotation is one of the more memorable pieces of advice offered by the late W. Edward Deming, a legendary management cons...
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Voters are the losers in current map processJul 09, 2011 12:01 am - The Daily Herald published two articles about redistricting on its June 22 Opinion page: Maryam Judar from the Citizen Advocacy Center bemoaned mapmaking in DuPage Count...
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