Opinion Stories from July 27, 2011 (Change date)
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GOP opposes deficit when it’s convenientJul 27, 2011 5:00 am - Why is it that when the Republicans are in office the deficit doesn’t matter, but when they are out of power it’s the only issue? Remember Ronnie Reagan telling Jimmy C...
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Remember the three R’s of toll hikesJul 27, 2011 5:00 am - The state doesn’t have the money. Suburban mayors warn against using local taxes to pay for it. And the Illinois Toll Highway Authority already anticipates being short o...
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Be wary of emails that circulateJul 27, 2011 5:00 am - This letter is in response to Nancy Hershberger’s recent letter accusing Barack Obama, during his presidential campaign, of lying about the World War II military service...
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GOP must be careful with 10th amendmentJul 27, 2011 5:00 am - It is Gov. Rick Perry's main appeal as a presidential candidate that 48 percent of the nation's job creation during the recovery has come in Texas. But his main message ...
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Thanks for food pantry donationsJul 27, 2011 5:00 am - On behalf of Peoples Resource and Interfaith food pantries we wish to thank all who contributed so generously to the St. Matthew Shopping Cart Brigade, at the Wheaton 4t...
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Is pasteuriziation a campaign issue?Jul 27, 2011 5:00 am - “Rah, Rah for Raw Milk!” This may become a slogan for U.S. Rep. Ron Paul’s presidential campaign. Wheaton College alumnus Michael Gerson in his column in the July 6 Dail...
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Haboob stirs up Anti-Arabic sentimentJul 27, 2011 5:00 am - It seems that some residents of Arizona are having some difficulty with the recent sandstorms in that state. Actually not with the storms themselves, but with the name “...
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Give riders better warning for trainsJul 27, 2011 5:00 am - At 12:37 p.m. July 10, Metra failed to notify waiting passengers of the Union Pacific West Line from Elburn to Chicago to board the train. The scroll message board only ...
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Walsh should start cooperatingJul 27, 2011 5:00 am - Congressman Joe Walsh, you were sent to D.C. to get something done, not to be acting like a 5-year-old when thing don’t go your way. If you really want to work on our d...
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Failure of long march to socialismJul 27, 2011 5:00 am - So let me get this straight. If we permit politicians, this time the Democrats, to increase the debt ceiling, which really is no ceiling at all with the ease and frequen...
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