All Stories from June 24, 2011 (Change date)
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Put common sense back in fireams lawsJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - The right to carry arms is for self-protection. The Constitution was written by generally common-sense farmers and businessmen. The time was after the Revolutionary War ...
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Support in-state hospital groupJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Centegra Health System and its predecessor organizations have supported the Northwest suburbs for more than 100 years. I believe that Centegra is a better choice to cont...
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Radiation series had little basis in scienceJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Fear sells newspapers, but perpetuating ignorance shouldn’t be how the Daily Herald makes money. Shouldn’t the Daily Herald have a higher ethical standard? The series on...
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The high road to oblivionJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Who is Jon Huntsman and where is he going? Even his campaign aides don’t seem to know. At the former Utah governor’s presidential kickoff speech on Tuesday, campaign wo...
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Real reform needed for workers’ compJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - While House Bill 1698 was a start, it fell short of meaningful workers’ comp reform that we need to ease the burden on employers and make Illinois more attractive to bus...
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DuPage pol’s job strictly 9 to 5Jun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Is a politician’s job a 9-to-5 thing? From all I hear, the answer is an emphatic “No.” Not long ago, Kerry Lester, our political writer, traveled to Washington, D.C., to...
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Choose well, be cool and liveJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - In less time than it takes to read this sentence, six teens decided to act. Now four of them are dead, leaving all their friends, family and neighbors with never-ending,...
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Lesson in hate from the liberal leftJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Now that the mainstream/tabloid journalists from the NY Times, NBC, ABC, CBS and a few others have chased Sarah Palin around like guppies chasing a piece of bread on a f...
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Let’s save, not dismantle AmtrakJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - As Washington talks of dramatic spending cuts, Amtrak looms as a victim. House Republicans are talking about killing Amtrak’s long-distance trains. Forty-two percent of ...
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Facts on teacher pensions, hoursJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - As I an educator in a Northwest suburb, I’d like to respond to Jim Mark’s recent entertaining yet slanted letter. First, I have never worked only nine months. I’ve alway...