All Stories from July 1, 2011 (Change date)
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Obama’s economic irrelevanceJul 01, 2011 3:00 am - If there is a single moment that symbolizes President Obama’s dramatically altered re-election prospects, it was his visit to a Jeep plant in Toledo on June 3. Obama’s r...
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Stop deer culling; leave them aloneJul 01, 2011 3:00 am - Seventy healthy, innocent deer were slaughtered to undergo expensive testing of questionable value for chronic wasting disease by the Illinois Department of Natural Reso...
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Weather safety is your responsibilityJul 01, 2011 3:00 am - Our former home in Cincinnati was in the path of the deadly F-4 Montgomery-Blue Ash tornado. Most people did not hear the sirens. There was no roaring train sound. For o...
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Indifference key to losing libertyJul 01, 2011 3:00 am - Three steps to losing liberty: 1. Indifference to gerrymandering. In your editorial of June 26, you rightfully declared that our liberty is at stake if politicians can r...
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Citizens must get involvedJul 01, 2011 3:00 am - Jim Slusher’s recent article regarding political “gerrymandering” (defined as “dividing election districts so as to gain partisan advantage”) is right on. In Illinois th...
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Church should learn from local caseJul 01, 2011 3:00 am - After reading a June 10 article about a priest stealing $410,000 from his church in Joliet, it was interesting to note that the diocese took immediate action. After an i...
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Go MicheleJul 01, 2011 3:00 am - For a Democrat, it’s too good to be true. Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney running neck and neck in Iowa. Romney having to worry about the one in five who won’t vote for...
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We must plan for great, gray suburbsJul 01, 2011 3:00 am - Suburbs here and around the nation are graying at a rapid rate, a new report shows. Forty percent of suburban residents are 45 or older, up from 34 percent in the previo...
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Dissolve NATO and bring spending homeJul 01, 2011 3:00 am - Bob Gates, the outgoing Secretary of Defense, gave members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization a stern warning to step up their military and political support, oth...
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Drivers, don’t let big dogs in front seatJul 01, 2011 3:00 am - This issue of text messaging while driving is frustrating enough, but there is another problem: Pet owners who keep large dogs unrestrained in the front passenger seat. ...