Opinion Stories from December 12, 2013 (Change date)
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Giving world news a suburban contextDec 12, 2013 12:04 pm - Sometimes world news is just world news. That’s not an easy thing to acknowledge for a local newspaper doing battle every day with two of the biggest metros in the count...
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Editorial: At last, an opportunity for hope on federal budgetDec 12, 2013 8:15 am - It is both premature and exaggerated to suggest, as Washington Democratic Sen. Patty Murray stated on Tuesday, that congressional negotiators have “broken through the pa...
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The gospel according to JCPenneyDec 12, 2013 4:00 am - One of the unpleasant side effects of modern medicine — experienced during a recent convalescence — is the omnipresence of television. Its controls are built into your h...
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Obama has become master of the spinDec 12, 2013 4:00 am - With the Obama administration it seems it is never “what is,” but rather “what can we make them believe it is.” Or in a campaign situation, “what can we make them believ...
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Impeachment result of health care mess?Dec 12, 2013 3:40 am - Impeachment result of health care mess? Many low-income people who think they secured insurance using the HealthCare.gov website may not be insured. While the presi...
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Second-class citizen under ObamacareDec 12, 2013 3:40 am - I read the Dec. 2 front page story “Health website on the mend.” Who cares about the website? The product is garbage. I am 62 years old, and self-insured, who had an aff...
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Life isn’t lived on a 5-inch screenDec 12, 2013 3:40 am - Life isn’t lived on a 5-inch screen Look around. Odds are someone is on their smartphone tweeting, on Instagram or Facebook, letting life pass them by. Sadly, this ...
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Disappointed with shorter postal hoursDec 12, 2013 3:40 am - Disappointed with shorter postal hours As a lifelong Wheaton resident, I have always been an enthusiastic and proud supporter of our Wheaton Post Office. During the...
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