Opinion Stories from November 3, 2012 (Change date)
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'Nicest letter' a welcome break from the vitriolNov 04, 2012 10:06 am - In a memo to our editorial board, my “subject” line read, “Nicest letter ever.” I followed up that high praise with, “at least for someone disagreeing with our president...
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The Romney myth about helping DetroitNov 03, 2012 10:59 am - Of Mitt Romney’s many costume changes, the new Superman outfit portraying him as the would-be savior of the American auto industry wins for most imaginative. Understood:...
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Offenders’ families unfairly punishedNov 03, 2012 5:00 am - Once again the state of Illinois has made an amendment to the trick-or-treat law. As it is written right now, once a sex offender has completed parole or probation or is...
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Think of the benefits of frequent electionsNov 03, 2012 5:00 am - I read this morning that the presidential campaign alone has resulted in $2 billion dollars being spent. This does not count all of the other federal and local elections...
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Electoral change would be long in comingNov 03, 2012 5:00 am - Currently under the U.S. Constitution, as most of us know, the decision on presidential elections is not relegated to “we the people “ but rather “we the Electoral Colle...
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Hit-and-run no way to show welcomeNov 03, 2012 5:00 am - I would like to offer a sarcastic thank you to the young woman in a gray Toyota who welcomed me to Illinois by rear-ending my car and driving away in Mundelein on the af...
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Proud to have worked for McGovernNov 03, 2012 5:00 am - I was sad to read about the passing of George McGovern. In the 1970s, as a Northern Illinois University graduate in history fresh out of the Peace Corps, I went door to ...
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Ignore electoral count and go to the pollsNov 03, 2012 5:00 am - Political pundits constantly massage the statistics on the presidential election to show who is winning at a particular point in time. Scenarios are explained, many whic...
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Diplomacy with Iran urgently neededNov 03, 2012 5:00 am - I was glad to hear both presidential candidates mention diplomacy with Iran during the final debate, but I’m concerned that some in Congress are already saying that the ...
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Love the sinner, hate the sinNov 03, 2012 4:40 am - The well-known and respected folks at Gallup, the polling people, released results of the largest single study ever conducted on the percentage of Americans who are in t...
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