Opinion Stories from March 27, 2013 (Change date)
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Library to Pay Tribute to Mayor Michael KwasmanMar 28, 2013 1:53 pm - Fifty years ago, the motion picture based on the timeless classic, "To Kill a Mockingbird", by Harper Lee, was released in movie theaters across the country. One year a...
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Step up efforts to help mentally illMar 27, 2013 5:00 am - When AIDS came onto the U.S. scene, a loud hue and cry declared, “We must find a cure quickly, before it spreads across our country. We must have compassion.” Our federa...
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Probing intentions in the cyber-fogMar 28, 2013 10:54 am - Two Ohio girls stand accused of saying vile, menacing things on Twitter — seriously accused. The high-schoolers, ages 15 and 16, were arrested and face a possible six mo...
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The GOP’s primary problemMar 27, 2013 5:00 am - “The problem with the Republican Party is Republicans.” This quote is taken not from the recent report of a Republican task force but from the mind of yours truly. It is...
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Immigrants getting better deal than seniorsMar 27, 2013 5:00 am - The Democratic-controlled Illinois House passed legislation that cuts $1.6 billion from the state Medicaid program, also eliminating Illinois Cares RX that provides drug...
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Where is the outrage over Senate ‘budget?’Mar 27, 2013 5:00 am - Federal law requires that the U.S. Senate pass a budget every year. Yet as our national debt exceeds $16.5 trillion — or $50,000 for every man, woman and child — the Dem...
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CLC trustee has record of leadershipMar 27, 2013 5:00 am - I am a trustee at Spoon River Community College in Canton and Macomb and have served several years as a director and central region chairman for the Association of Commu...
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Take focus off Fenwick, put it on economyMar 27, 2013 5:00 am - As a 1970 graduate of Fenwick High School, I was particularly let down by Gov. Pat Quinn’s comments to reporters that Fenwick has “Lost its soul,” as reported in the Dai...
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