Opinion Stories from October 25, 2012 (Change date)
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Editorial: The win-win of first-time forgivenessOct 25, 2012 9:35 am - In 2009, the average number of inmates in Illinois prisons stood at 45,545. It grew to 47,504 the next year and to 48,978 in 2011, according to annual reports from the I...
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Was auto industry really saved?Oct 25, 2012 9:14 am - Please, someone help me do the math. President Obama brags loud and clear how he single-handedly saved the whole auto industry — someone help total up how many sales peo...
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Campaigns ads lacking in substanceOct 25, 2012 9:14 am - I am still waiting to hear some concrete, viable and detailed plans from the presidential candidates for an economic turnaround. We, as a people, are not the most patien...
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Walsh doesn’t deserve to go back to D.C.Oct 25, 2012 9:14 am - When is Tea Party favorite Joe Walsh going to stop complaining when Lt. Col. Tammy Duckworth goes out of her district? This is from someone who doesn’t even live in the ...
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America, finally home?Oct 25, 2012 8:46 am - The death of George McGovern on the eve of the presidential candidates’ foreign policy debate underscored a momentous political reversal spanning four decades. McGovern’...
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Hart will advocate for natural resourcesOct 25, 2012 5:00 am - The Sierra Club, one of the oldest, largest, and most influential grass-roots environmental organizations in the United States, is pleased to endorse Sandra Hart for Lak...
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Muslim extremism gets too much attentionOct 25, 2012 5:00 am - Every time I open a newspaper or turn on a TV, my senses are assaulted by “Muslim rage,” and, frankly, I’m sick of it. Why news outlets are constantly revitalizing the a...
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Give peace a chanceOct 25, 2012 5:00 am - ORLANDO, Fla. -- Forget “horses and bayonets.” The most important word uttered during the third presidential debate was “peace.” Mitt Romney, the un-bellicose, used it ...
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Obama outpoints Romney in third debateOct 25, 2012 5:00 am - BOCA RATON, Fla. — The “horses and bayonets” moment is probably the headline. But the larger story of the third and final presidential debate, ostensibly about foreign p...
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Taxing the wealthy as if it’s a sinOct 25, 2012 5:00 am - What if rich people just quit being rich? Almost every time the “sin tax” is raised on cigarettes, the amount of revenue goes down for the taxing body. This is well docu...
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