Opinion Stories from July 27, 2014 (Change date)
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Get behind farmer's market, Sugar GroveJul 28, 2014 12:56 pm - The Illinois Department of Agriculture is challenging residents to devote a small portion of their food budget to Illinois-made products. Take the $10 Illinois Product P...
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Cartoons provide just the right commentaryJul 28, 2014 12:47 pm - "Pictures are worth 1,000 words" - it's true. I am sure I'm not the only reader who finds the humor, anger, pathos, agreement and just plain joy in the choice of cartoon...
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America's best offensive is exporting energyJul 28, 2014 12:47 pm - Eastern Ukraine to Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, much of the rest of the Middle East and a chunk of Africa are awash with tyrants, thugs and terrorists. They have one thing i...
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Talk of 'pain' distorts public's view of taxesJul 28, 2014 12:52 pm - I just finished Bruce DeSilva's detective novel "Providence Rag." As you might have deduced by the title, it's mainly about investigative journalism. In one of the chap...
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It's all about the Koch BrothersJul 28, 2014 12:56 pm - I must write to thank Tom Conley for his "right-on" letter. I wish I was better with words; but he said it all in his perfect letter. And yes, I have relatives in Austra...
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Fed policies weigh on working familiesJul 28, 2014 12:56 pm - Good article on July 7 about Mr. Ben Bernanke (the ex-Federal Reserve chairman) and the Federal Reserve policies. Just a couple of things not mentioned: 1. Mr. Bernanke...
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Editorial: No alarm, but concern is appropriate at MetraJul 27, 2014 5:12 pm - No one reacted with alarm at the revelation this week that disciplinary probes of Metra train engineers halfway into the year already have reached the level for all of 2...
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Hobby Lobby flap really war on womenJul 27, 2014 12:05 am - Hobby Lobby flap really war on women It seems that people do not understand birth control, even the ones Hobby Lobby objects to; it does not cause abortions, it is ...
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Businesses' merger threats are ludicrousJul 27, 2014 12:05 am - Businesses' merger threats are ludicrous This is in response to the article, "Taxes fueling exodus?" American corporations, which as a result of decisions by activi...
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