Opinion Stories from April 8, 2008 (Change date)
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Atomic power holds the answerApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - State Rep. JoAnn Osmond's proposal to repeal the moratorium on nuclear plant construction in Illinois is long overdue. We urgently need a safe, cheap source of electric...
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Data contradicts global warmingApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - At least once a week, the Herald publishes a letter from someone who has taken up the Al Gore line that global warming is a cataclysmic planetary emergency and we must t...
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Religion, politics an unsettling mixApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Both Barack Obama and John McCain have suffered embarrassment by religious leaders who support their political aspirations. Presidential candidates are required to prov...
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Drivers, watch out for motorcyclesApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Now is a good time to remind drivers that they need to watch out for motorcycles on the road now that the warm weather is here. Please remember that motorcycles have th...
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Reject ploy to hike taxes for educationApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - State government thinks educating Illinois children is about money, not learning. The Illinois State Board of Education regularly lowers the achievement bar so we can ke...
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Police must take split-second actionApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - I would like to comment on "Why didn't police just use a Taser" (March 7). First of all, police officers put themselves in danger every time they put on a uniform and l...
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Hollywood slips further into excessApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - It's taken a number of years but the recent writers strike convinced me the world can do without present-day Hollywood and its poor excuse for actors, comedians, and non...
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Nuclear power push beyond irresponsibleApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - It's fitting that state Rep. JoAnn Osmond of Antioch picked April 1 to introduce an amendment to the Public Utilities Act. It would repeal the moratorium on new nuclear ...
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Catholics are not to blame for abuseApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - In reply to Connie Pohlman's attack on the Catholic Church, I would first want to tell her to remember that the perpetrators she refers to were Catholic priests and my g...
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Clinton aide a victim of free trade Clinton opposes, for nowApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Hillary Clinton's campaign, which is a guttering candle, has suffered a perhaps extinguishing gust of ill wind. Her principal strategist has been forced to resign from ...
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