Opinion Stories from December 17, 2013 (Change date)
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Editorial: Strengthen data used to make gun rulesDec 17, 2013 9:46 am - With the right to carry concealed weapons in Illinois just a couple of weeks away, two points of concern stand out from our series, Guns in the Suburbs. One is the simpl...
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Picking fights over religionDec 17, 2013 4:00 am - “We have just enough religion to make us hate,” wrote Jonathan Swift, “but not enough to make us love one another.” A lifelong religious controversialist, the 18th-centu...
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The Central African Republic needs our helpDec 17, 2013 4:00 am - Rwanda’s ethnic conflict was a quarrel in a faraway country between people of which we know nothing — until it became a byword for moral abdication in the face of genoci...
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Tea Party position on unemployment half-bakedDec 17, 2013 4:00 am - Sen. Rand Paul, a Tea Party Favorite, said he supports 26 weeks of unemployment insurance but not more because extending the benefits would be an injustice to the longti...
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Remember the true origin of ChristmasDec 17, 2013 4:00 am - This is in response to a Dec. 8 letter, “No Christmas, only ‘Holiday.’” Seriously! Yes, Steve, there is Christmas. Our country was founded on religious freedom; therefor...
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Why are judges’ pensions exempt from reform?Dec 17, 2013 4:00 am - I am a retired state highway worker. I would like to bring something to your attention that is really bothering most of us retirees. Why did, Pat Quinn, Mike Madigan and...
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Next step: Raise minimum wageDec 17, 2013 3:00 am - Next step: Raise minimum wage Finally, legislators did something about the debt in Illinois. Too bad the judges weren’t included. I guess some of them would have to...
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Join pope in being nonjudgmentalDec 17, 2013 3:00 am - Join pope in being nonjudgmental So Bishop Paprocki has exorcised the devil — maybe now, without the devil around, he can join Pope Francis in not judging how peopl...
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Tell post office of holiday ‘oversight’Dec 17, 2013 3:00 am - Tell post office of holiday ‘oversight’ Did anyone else notice what was missing on the “holiday stamps” posters displayed in the post office this year? There was a ...
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