Opinion Stories from September 26, 2013 (Change date)
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Francis the troublemakerSep 26, 2013 5:00 am - Pope Francis’ blunt, conversational, subversive, disarming, humane, self-critical interview in the Jesuit publication America amounted to a sort of extemporaneous encycl...
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Numbers don’t tell whole story in news decisionsSep 26, 2013 5:00 am - In the complex practice of employing news judgment, the role of numbers is not always as obvious as you might expect. Twenty-six shooting victims in a Chicago weekend ma...
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Punishment doesn’t fit the crimeSep 26, 2013 5:00 am - Seeing how President Obama has handled the Syrian chemical weapons crisis makes me wish he was my father when I was growing up. He’d tell me that if I was caught smoking...
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Leashes vital to safety of dogs, humansSep 26, 2013 5:00 am - I heard about a dog getting hit by a car the other day. The dog was not on a leash when it decided to take off into the street. This past week, while walking my dog (on ...
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Editorial: Out of murder, a story of human valuesSep 26, 2013 5:00 am - When we think “suburbs,” a few specific ideas come to mind. We think “schools,” for instance. We like to think “safety.” We think “community” and “neighborhood” and “hom...
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Lawmakers need a wake-up call on pensionsSep 26, 2013 5:00 am - The pension plan for the state of Illinois without a solution to date cause me to wonder if anyone realizes the cost of interest to the state. Perhaps a solution may be ...
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GOP ready to shut down governmentSep 26, 2013 4:40 am - The right-wingers in the U.S. House just voted to cut $40 billion from SNAP that helps feed people making less than $14,500 annually. In other words, the Republicans vot...
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ECC has plenty for adults to learnSep 26, 2013 4:40 am - ECC has plenty for adults to learn There is a course “home repair” offered at Elgin Community College. It is seven classes on a Saturday morning. If enough people d...
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Duckworth walkout was shamefulSep 26, 2013 4:40 am - Duckworth walkout was shameful I see where at the recent Benghazi hearings a group of congressman walked out of the hearings just before the testimony of the famili...
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