Opinion Stories from December 17, 2012 (Change date)
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Pension proposal is unconstitutionalDec 17, 2012 4:00 am - The latest version of pension “reform” legislation introduced by state Rep. Elaine Nekritz, a Northbrook Democrat, is an improbable step backward in efforts to save publ...
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Break the cycle and elect new peopleDec 17, 2012 4:00 am - From the same “cut of the cloth” type of legislators being re-elected over and over, how should we believe and think this nation got to the economic and cultural level i...
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Why can’t park light display stay neutral?Dec 17, 2012 4:00 am - After the buzz generated by the nativity dispute in Arlington Heights, I wanted to articulate what seems to be a minority viewpoint. I understand that people’s deeply he...
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Christmas in Santa MonicaDec 17, 2012 4:00 am - Christmas in my home city of Santa Monica is different this year. It used to be that there were elaborate displays depicting the birth of Jesus in the big public park by...
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The right-to-work dilemmaDec 17, 2012 4:00 am - For all the fury and fistfights outside the Lansing Capitol, what happened in Michigan last week was a simple accommodation to reality. The most famously unionized state...
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Editorial: Time is short for Pearl Harbor survivors to tell storiesDec 17, 2012 4:00 am - Another Pearl Harbor remembrance passed this month, and in ceremonies across the country, Americans honored those who were there. They are men and women now in their 80s...
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Change the way we draw legislative mapsDec 17, 2012 4:00 am - The Illinois elections proved one thing: The voters do not choose their representatives. Instead, the district boundary lines drawn by political party leaders determine ...
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