Opinion Stories from August 29, 2012 (Change date)
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Editorial: Our tepid mood and Romney’s moment in historyAug 29, 2012 8:19 pm - Tonight, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney accepts the Republican presidential nomination in a triumphant moment that will be one of the personal highlights of his l...
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Fence PostAug 29, 2012 12:30 pm - Don’t believe Medicare fears I read Steve Morrissey’s Aug. 19 letter and felt compelled to respond because I received an email with the same misinformation he prese...
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True charity obeys rules or rejects aidAug 29, 2012 10:55 am - Catholics? Separation of church and sate? Why? If you run a charity such as a hospital, school, clinic or social service and you accept funds to run your operation from ...
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Bobby Jindal’s momentAug 29, 2012 10:25 am - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is either the luckiest or unluckiest man in America. Every year about this time, he gets slammed with a potentially catastrophic natural disa...
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Editorial: The GOP, the Tea Party and value of party unityAug 29, 2012 9:07 am - There will be lots of talk about unity at the Republican National Convention this week, but one wonders to what degree the concept will define the goals of the Republica...
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Editorial: A stronger state GOP good for IllinoisAug 29, 2012 5:00 am - As the national Republican Party gets ready to officially nominate Mitt Romney as its candidate for president, those in the state GOP are focusing not only on November b...
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Bush not in Tampa, but his ideas areAug 29, 2012 5:00 am - The name of George W. Bush graces no chair at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. The 43rd president left behind monumental deficits and an economy in tatt...
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Pension vote needed before the electionAug 29, 2012 5:00 am - “Don’t plan on going home for the summer until we get this job done,” Gov. Pat Quinn said during his budget address earlier this year. In light of that quote and the ina...
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Roberts was coaxed into his decisionAug 29, 2012 5:00 am - Dwight Eisenhower had his faux pas, Earl Warren. George W. Bush has his, Chief Justice John Roberts. John Roberts, who “grew into the job”, “evolved.” I believe he was i...
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Tea Party should live up to its nameAug 29, 2012 5:00 am - “Taxation without representation is tyranny.” The Boston Tea Party was a loud and active protest of England’s policy of taxation without representation toward the Americ...
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