Opinion Stories from May 18, 2014 (Change date)
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Editorial: Beginning a conversation on our at-risk kidsMay 18, 2014 5:05 am - This is an editorial intended to begin a conversation, more to pose a few questions than to answer them. Let's start with a seemingly innocuous one: When was the last ti...
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Our disconnected working classMay 18, 2014 5:05 am - Much about the future health of the republic depends on Harvard sociologist Robert Putnam being wrong. Given the track record of Harvard social scientists, this might ap...
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Fittest Loser contest helps us move the needleMay 19, 2014 10:18 am - That was an eye-catching lead staff writer Jessica Cilella wrote about the South Elgin man who won our Fittest Loser contest. John Bohanek, she noted, "regularly fell vi...
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Letter about prayer posed good questionsMay 18, 2014 5:05 am - As one who values prayer and has participated in the National Day of Prayer for years, I was happy to see Colin Barr's letter on May 8. Mr. Barr has touched on some issu...
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Climate change hysteria hitting our walletsMay 18, 2014 5:05 am - ComEd customers recently found out that their electric bills will go up a huge 38 percent starting this summer. While this increase will hit millions of people hard, it ...
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Visualize Illinois' problems this wayMay 18, 2014 1:05 am - Two cartoons to consider for the Opinion page: 1. Have a finish line with a banner that reads "Bankruptcy". Have three figures: A. Detroit B. Chicago C. Illinois The ca...
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Mail carrier failed to deliverMay 18, 2014 1:05 am - I read that the post office would be picking up nonperishables on Saturday, May 10. I put out a few bags right under my mailbox. Again, same as last year, they were stil...
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People getting taxed out of their homesMay 18, 2014 12:05 am - People getting taxed out of their homes We just received our Kane County tax bill and while a friend who lives less than a mile away boasted her tax bill went down,...
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Let's skip prayer, get on with the meetingMay 18, 2014 12:05 am - Let's skip prayer, get on with the meeting The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld as constitutional the giving of sectarian prayers at public meetings such as those at c...
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