Wilmette Opinion
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Congress must pass the Global Health Security ActSep 08, 2021 5:42 pm - Americans have reached a dangerous level of complacency in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among my vaccinated friends, a common sentiment is that we've done all we p...
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Help bring threat of polio to an endOct 17, 2016 1:00 am - Join us in a fight to the finish to eradicate polio, a crippling and completely preventable disease. As a longtime member of Rotary, I'm happy to report good news in cel...
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Old enough to vote, old enough to smokeMay 09, 2016 1:00 am - I applaud the students at Stevenson High School who want to get more involved politically. Yet I must admit I am disturbed by the fact that our government is encouraging...
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Misleading Kirk ads increase fearsMar 08, 2016 12:53 pm - The TV ad from Mark Kirk about Tammy Duckworth is totally despicable. How can anyone with a sense of decency call her commitment to the security of this country into que...
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Let the facts speak about Christian originsDec 01, 2015 12:00 am - A reader's Nov. 19 letter is titled "Challenge what you read." I accept the challenge. She first attacks the notion that our nation was founded as a Christian nation. Sh...
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The gun problem is a God problemOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - We are missing something in these gun control debates. Having a lot of guns is not a new phenomenon in our country. Before our Constitution was even ratified (1789), J...
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Constitution needs change on pensionsAug 11, 2015 6:34 am - A reader offered his solution for fixing the Illinois pension crisis. My question is: Why is nobody talking about changing the Illinois state Constitution with regard to...
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High morals expected of public officialsDec 01, 2014 4:05 am - The Herald printed a column by Richard Cohen on Nov. 19 that asserts that character has nothing to do with sexual activities and that it is wrong for the media to call a...
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Great harm in giving animals antibioticsNov 10, 2014 4:05 am - Knowledge is power. This statement is only true if our knowledge is not ignored. Bacteria's capacity for antibiotic resistance is old news. Alexander Fleming cautioned u...
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Minimum wage question was a voting ployNov 10, 2014 4:05 am - If the Democrats are the party of the people, looking out for the common man, and they believe that the minimum wage should be raised, then why haven't they raised it al...
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