Opinion Stories from December 2, 2012 (Change date)
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Austerity and moralityDec 02, 2012 4:00 am - America is entering a period of prolonged austerity. The entitlement commitments made in a past generation have been rendered untenable by demographics and health cost i...
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Don’t just complain, get involvedDec 02, 2012 4:00 am - The society that Mr. Falk fears is a fantasy (“We’re on a course to ruination,” Nov. 24). His letter includes assertions that are so distorted as to be absurd. One can e...
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Cameras in the courtroom: It’s ‘not entertainment’Dec 02, 2012 4:00 am - “What we have here,” the grizzled editor says to the cub reporter, “is a case of the public’s right to know running smack dab into its right not to care.” The quote, I b...
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Editorial: Help give kids Hope for the HolidaysJan 02, 2013 9:29 am - One of the blessings of Christmas and the winter holidays is the myriad opportunities to do good in this world. Just Saturday, for example, dozens of volunteers turned o...
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Obama too concerned about appearances?Dec 02, 2012 4:00 am - I’m thinking about the parents and other family members of the four Americans killed in Benghazi. I can only imagine their frustration as they watch elected officials an...
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Legislature must address pensionsDec 02, 2012 3:40 am - Once again Illinois General Assembly members profited by pandering to their constituents, ignoring the state pension plan debacle and getting re-elected. Now the truth c...
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Licenses for illegal immigrants smokescreenDec 02, 2012 3:40 am - Here they go again, rewarding law breakers. Isn’t rewarding illegal immigrants called aiding and abetting? Why guard the border when those vote-hungry politicians lure t...
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Force politicians to say they lied?Dec 02, 2012 3:40 am - An article in the Nov. 28 issue of the Daily Herald, “Big tobacco companies ordered to say they lied,” gave me a great idea. Would U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler con...
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Overhaul, simplify our tax codeDec 02, 2012 3:25 am - Overhaul, simplify our tax code A debate rages in Washington over whether the tax rates should be raised for all Americans or just those over a certain income level...
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Obama in role of proactive leadership?Dec 02, 2012 3:25 am - Obama in role of proactive leadership? If the posture of our State Department is any indication of how our people in Benghazi were treated and protected, no wonder ...
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