All Stories from July 19, 2011 (Change date)
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Metra leaders must think ‘value’Jul 19, 2011 3:00 am - If there is good news in the prospect of service and rate changes at Metra, it is that nothing will be done at least until fall. That provides a little time for the tran...
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What happened to the jobs?Jul 19, 2011 3:00 am - So where are the jobs? Job creation has basically flattened over the past two months — very bad news, as unemployment exceeds 9 percent. The Democrats’ economic stimulu...
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So much for notion SS is untouchableJul 19, 2011 3:00 am - For the past few days our president has been saying, “I cannot guarantee that the checks will be sent out next month.” This is the mother of cheap shots. Just a few year...
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A story not quite rightJul 19, 2011 3:00 am - Most would agree that one would have to stoop pretty low to question the story of a man’s mother’s death. But what if that deathbed story were the locus of a sweeping p...
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Where is leadership in Congress?Jul 19, 2011 2:00 am - Mr. McConnell stated, ‘we cannot succeed with this President.’ To me, this lacks decency. If a Democrat said this about Bush, he would have been deemed unpatriotic. Also...
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Lake County focusing on wrong prioritiesJul 19, 2011 2:00 am - The article on a recent front page of the Daily Herald (“New way of getting ‘round”) discloses that not only one but two roundabouts are being constructed at successive ...
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Raise decency level in movies, on TVJul 19, 2011 2:00 am - When are we going to stop poisoning our society with movies that are violent, have bad language or have drugs and sex in them? The movie, TV and video industries are des...
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Who stole seniors’ Social Security?Jul 19, 2011 2:00 am - The Democrats have always told seniors their Social Security money was safe in a lockbox. President Obama has threatened seniors of withholding their August checks. What...
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Facts missing in letter about DukeJul 19, 2011 2:00 am - Walt Zlotow’s July 17 letter left a few facts out about former Grand Wizard David Duke. His initial party was the Democratic Party, which had no issue with accepting him...
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Combine forces and save us some moneyJul 19, 2011 2:00 am - As has been well publicized, the state of Illinois has literally thousands of taxing bodies to include the state, counties, townships, municipalities, villages, school d...