Opinion Stories from September 1, 2011 (Change date)
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Worthy goal should become a modelSep 01, 2011 5:00 am - First, some facts and figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control: Ÿ Obesity among children and adolescents has nearly tripled over the past 30 years — from just o...
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Why term limits are a good ideaSep 01, 2011 5:00 am - Well, the farce in Washington is over. The politicians again ignored the people who elected them, instead worrying about their own hides and refusing to work out their d...
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Can we go back to being capitalists?Sep 01, 2011 5:00 am - The Chinese, in the year 806, invented paper money. Yet it took a socialist horde like the Obama administration to perfect the printing of it, on a scale calculated to m...
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‘Purple’ Colorado brews up a leaderSep 01, 2011 5:00 am - DENVER — “Beer,” said Benjamin Franklin, who knew a thing or two about pleasure, “is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” If so, perhaps He wanted J...
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Remember water safety this holidaySep 01, 2011 5:00 am - On Sept. 2, 1986, five people lost their lives in a horrific boat crash on Fox Lake. Twenty five years later, let this be a reminder to those who think speed and drinkin...
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Tax pledge taints Dold voteSep 01, 2011 5:00 am - I read the letter from Rep. Dold in the Aug. 14 Fence Post in which it appears he is trying very hard to cover his backside from some very shortsighted decisions he has ...
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Lower taxes not translating into jobsSep 01, 2011 5:00 am - Lately we’ve been reading many letters in Fence Post that say lowering taxes means creating jobs. What kind of jobs do they “create”? Everything they buy is made in Chin...
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Wide, interesting variety etched on face of the suburbsSep 01, 2011 5:00 am - Just who are we in the suburbs? We’re often portrayed in monotone. Written off as bland vanilla. Beige. Banal. Colorless. Odorless. Tasteless. The newspaper tells a dif...
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Facio stories have no place on Page 1Sep 01, 2011 5:00 am - I’d be remiss if I didn’t write you about how upset I’ve been over your front page stories about a man, who proved he isn’t fit to ever live in society, nor do I know an...
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Kudos to Herald for mental illness editorialSep 01, 2011 5:00 am - I want to applaud the stance the Daily Herald editorial board took with the Aug. 22 editorial, “Should we really be laughing at this?” While validating the sadness of an...
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