Opinion Stories from September 9, 2012 (Change date)
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A rudderless ship spells disasterSep 09, 2012 5:00 am - The headline on the front page of the Daily Herald on Aug. 18, in bold print, read: “Pension talks do nothing.” Despite positive reports and hype to the contrary, lawma...
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PSAE scores are embarrassingSep 09, 2012 5:00 am - Beginning in 2001, all Illinois high school juniors were required to take the Prairie State Achievement Examination, which measures student achievement in reading, math,...
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‘Charisma’ won’t fix nation’s problemsSep 09, 2012 5:00 am - I often read “Our View” on the Daily Herald editorial page and either agree or disagree with what is written. Today (Aug. 30) I am disgusted by your piece. In an effort ...
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Farewell to the man who gave great adviceSep 09, 2012 5:00 am - There’s a thing called the “tomorrow” file. It’s where reporters are supposed to let us editor types know what they’ll be working on the next day. Everyone gets busy, an...
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Obama fails, revealinglySep 09, 2012 5:00 am - In his 2008 convention speech, Barack Obama’s main challenge was rhetorical — to frame and summarize a historical moment in which the choosing of a president could at le...
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Argument was built out of contextSep 09, 2012 5:00 am - Ms. Van Der Woude’s perfectly good letter of Aug. 23 is marginalized by a misleading first sentence in which she claims that President Obama credited government, not peo...
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Editorial: A good voter also brings objectivity to an electionSep 09, 2012 5:00 am - The major national party conventions have concluded, and that’s a benchmark of sorts for the election campaigns to kick into high gear. If you haven’t heard from candida...
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Weighing in on vaccinationsSep 09, 2012 4:40 am - Weighing in on vaccinations When I was a teenager a major reason for not wearing safety belts was the danger of being trapped in a burning car. The fear was real an...
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Only explaining grade-school civicsSep 09, 2012 4:40 am - Only explaining grade-school civics Here is what is galling about the Republicans crying over Obama’s “You didn’t build that.” Obama’s little disquisition of the ro...
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