Opinion Stories from August 27, 2011 (Change date)
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No purpose in advertising tollwaysAug 27, 2011 5:00 am - Wendy Abrams of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority declared, “ ... we worked hard to ensure that we were being as responsible as we could be with the finances we ...
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Let’s stop bashing our presidentAug 27, 2011 5:00 am - I am thoroughly disgusted with one of your key choices for prominent columns on the Opinion page. His name is Charles Krauthammer. I have not as yet read an editorial by...
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End stipends for state boardsAug 27, 2011 5:00 am - In the last several months, I have seen comments from the Herald about this or that board whose members receive a stipend. The latest is the Illinois tollway board, whos...
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Confusion over half-day kindergartenAug 27, 2011 5:00 am - We received a letter from J.B Nelson school on June 1 informing us which session of kindergarten our children have been placed in. On the bottom of that letter is writte...
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After toll hikes, it’s time to moveAug 27, 2011 5:00 am - Thank you, Gov. Quinn for making my life unbearable living in Illinois. With all your taxes and cuts in programs and giving every company who threatens to leave the stat...
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Little understanding on adoptionAug 27, 2011 5:00 am - The Daily Herald reveals a profound lack of understanding when it argues that homosexual couples should be allowed to adopt children because in the Daily Herald’s view “...
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Mourning loss of St. John LutheranAug 27, 2011 5:00 am - It had been my intention to write of this last fall, but I was unable to put into words the sense of loss. It has been just a year since a part of our community died. Ma...
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The SoapboxAug 27, 2011 5:00 am - At last, a memorial: We and other organizations have long called for a memorial marking the deadliest airliner accident on U.S. soil. Finally, 32 years after Flight 191 ...
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Bring troops home to protect our bordersAug 27, 2011 5:00 am - Our country is in a serious and dangerous economic condition, whether we call it a depression or a recession. Our government continues to bankrupt us with a trillion-dol...
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Attack on Wheaton College intolerantAug 27, 2011 5:00 am - Lovely, this attack on Wheaton College and the Christian church (Fence Post letter, Aug. 23). It’s just another fine example of the growing hostility. Frankly it’s an at...
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