Opinion Stories from April 20, 2014 (Change date)
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Privacy rights essential to a free societyApr 20, 2014 5:05 am - In an April 6 letter to the editor, Jeff Markarian, suggested that only people with something to hide would be worried about government surveillance. This cliché falsely...
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Why your mayors want you riled up over pensionsApr 20, 2014 5:05 am - Let's face it, our municipal leaders are not in the most enviable position on this one: They need to get the public's blood boiling about pension reform. It's a huge, hu...
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Unhappy about plan to cut IMRF pensionApr 20, 2014 5:05 am - My response to the Daily Herald investigation and the proposal of state Rep. Deborah Conroy to cut the "13th payment" from IMRF pensions is: Cut my subscription to the D...
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Government as innovator? You bet!Apr 20, 2014 5:05 am - Five years ago, the federal government spent $169 billion to fund basic research and development. This fiscal year, it's down to $134 billion. People who believe in publ...
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Slayings in Kansas stem from lack of understandingApr 20, 2014 5:05 am - The innocent lives taken at the Kansas Jewish community center and senior living facility was a heinous act against mankind - and I'm deeply sorry to the families who lo...
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Editorial: It's politics before prestige in Obama library bidApr 20, 2014 5:00 am - If we were Laffy Taffy, we would ask this question: When isn't a 9-to-0 vote unanimous? Answer: When Illinois politicians are counting. In yet another of the bizarre and...
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Bruce the Alternative may be best distinctionApr 20, 2014 1:05 am - At a recent debate sponsored by the Illinois Education Association, Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner sparred over education in Illinois. At the outs...
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On Naperville's health care debateApr 20, 2014 12:05 am - On Naperville's health care debate The Daily Herald's front page story, April 13, on whether Naperville's City Council members should receive health care benefits h...
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Let voters decide future of townshipsApr 20, 2014 12:05 am - Let voters decide future of townships Illinois' nearly 13 million citizens have a shameful tax burden of supporting 7,000 units of governments, which is 2,100 more ...
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