Opinion Stories from December 12, 2012 (Change date)
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Editorial: Key lesson of scandals: Hazing is never acceptableDec 12, 2012 8:46 am - As a brief history of hazing examples published in Monday’s Daily Herald shows, incidents of hazing like those at Maine West and Hoffman Estates high schools are neither...
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Our teachers do remarkable workDec 12, 2012 4:00 am - I welcome the accolades given to your first choice of a very special teacher. Outstanding educators at District 25 schools and at St. Viator, Sacred Heart and Rolling Me...
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Public sector should help fix problemsDec 12, 2012 4:00 am - “Boehner’s offer doesn’t add up. The math does not work.” This is what President Obama says of the Republicans’ latest offer to avert going over the fiscal cliff. What d...
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Country suffers from lack of ideological competitionDec 12, 2012 4:00 am - The biggest problem the Republican Party faces is not uninspiring candidates or unsound tactics. It is unpopular ideas. This reality was brought home in last month’s ele...
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Candidates must be willing to debateDec 12, 2012 4:00 am - Several readers have written saying they need more information about candidates and elections. I would agree that we generally need more information. However, I also bel...
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Respect for beliefs needed on each sideDec 12, 2012 4:00 am - With all the talk about Israeli “occupation,” I cannot help but wonder what the Arab countries would have been willing to “return” to Israel if they had been successful ...
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The awkward conversationDec 12, 2012 4:00 am - In order for an ambitious budget deal to emerge, an awkward conversation must take place. House Speaker John Boehner needs to tell President Obama: “I can give some on r...
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Social Security is a savings planDec 12, 2012 3:40 am - I take exception to the letter submitted by reader Wilton Jere Tidwell. In it he lumps Social Security with other programs for which the federal government makes payment...
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Happy with your endorsement?Dec 12, 2012 3:25 am - Happy with your endorsement? While I was shocked at your endorsement Mitt Romney for president (whatever happened to “character counts”?), I was absolutely stunned ...
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Quite simply, county board job is simpleDec 12, 2012 3:25 am - Quite simply, county board job is simple Does it matter who is the messenger? In 1787 our Founding Fathers wrote our Constitution and they gave us a republic. In a ...
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