Opinion Stories from September 1, 2013 (Change date)
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Get educated for a more fulfilling jobSep 01, 2013 5:00 am - As our country celebrates Labor Day — the day we recognize the contributions of American workers — many workers will reflect on their own jobs. Do their jobs provide a s...
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A Labor Day editorial: Is our work the sum of who we are?Sep 01, 2013 5:00 am - Most of us lead twin lives of sorts. We move in two interconnected but still largely separate worlds. We build two somewhat separate existences. We create two somewhat s...
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Government itching to get our savingsSep 01, 2013 5:00 am - The federal and some state governments are desperate for money. They’ve gotten us deep into debt with overspending and are determined to find money everywhere. They are ...
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Respect the office of the presidencySep 01, 2013 5:00 am - Congratulations to Dick Deranian of Schaumburg, who pointed out in his Aug. 26 letter, “Claims against Obama polarizing nation,” that respect for the office of the presi...
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Fast-food strikes only fight the futureSep 01, 2013 5:00 am - Last week, labor-backed walkouts targeted fast-food outlets in over a dozen major American cities from coast to coast, including Chicago. Workers were demanding a more-t...
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Give kids a break on start of schoolSep 01, 2013 5:00 am - I was born and raised in the rural areas of Arlington Heights in 1949 and now reside in Mundelein. So at age 64, I have one question. Schools have early outs because of...
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Columnist’s timeline factual, insightfulSep 01, 2013 5:00 am - I was never so in agreement with the article you had in Wednesday’s Opinion Page from columnist Richard Cohen from The Washington Post with the headline, “Charting the e...
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Mayor, resign from anti-gun groupSep 01, 2013 4:30 am - Mayor, resign from anti-gun group I was shocked to discover our mayor of Elgin, David Kaptain, is a member of Michael Bloomberg’s Mayor Against Illegal Guns, (MAIG)...
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‘God Bless America’ is a needed prayerSep 01, 2013 4:30 am - “While the storm clouds gather far across the sea, Let us swear allegiance to a land that’s free, Let us all be grateful for a land so fair, As we raise our voices in...
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What will calm raging GOP waters?Sep 01, 2013 4:30 am - What will calm raging GOP waters? What a cat fight in the Republican Party. Our two-party representative democracy would seem to require that each party be, to a fu...
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