Opinion Stories from November 11, 2011 (Change date)
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Stop the building and pay the billsNov 11, 2011 5:00 am - Call me naive, but shouldn’t we put all new development, like railroads and new highways, on hold until we get our bills paid? We don’t need high speed rail, and we can ...
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Tea party, Occupy have similar messageNov 11, 2011 5:00 am - Peter Lopatin of Sugar Grove: criticism of the Republicans who oppose Mr. Obama misses the point. Democrats want compromise when they are in a minority in either house, ...
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Speak up for priests of conscienceNov 11, 2011 5:00 am - Despite preaching the Gospel of justice, Catholic hierarchy behave as though they are above the law. But recently, Bishop Finn was indicted in St. Louis for failure to r...
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Lax enforcement of trade laws hurts U.S.Nov 11, 2011 5:00 am - Whirlpool Corp. has revealed plans to close at least two factories in the United States and to move those operations overseas, costing thousands of hard working American...
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Defining poverty in the land of plentyNov 11, 2011 5:00 am - The “poverty issue” opens a vast highway system of social and economic observations headed in every direction. Some say poverty is a national disgrace. Some say it’s the...
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Constitutional boundaries ignoredNov 11, 2011 5:00 am - President Obama has asked the Supreme Court to support what he considers his signature legislation — the socialization of American medicine with Obamacare, which require...
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Tea Party, Occupy should join forcesNov 11, 2011 3:00 am - First, I want to thank Jim Davis for his thoughtful insight in to what many perceive as unfair treatment of the Tea Party. Kudos to Jim. Second, I have an idea. If the p...
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Scales now favor the few and the mightyNov 11, 2011 3:00 am - We are seeing the balance of societal influence over events and our lives move from the small and populace to the big and the few. In October, the Illinois legislature r...
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Tell U.S to stop giving away moneyNov 11, 2011 3:00 am - If you were in debt over your head — way, way, way over — would you borrow money to give to practically every home on your block? No. This is what the U.S. is doing — b...
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Adopt this agenda to end whiningNov 11, 2011 3:00 am - OWS protesters: Stop whining and make yourself useful! Regarding unequal wealth. Life is not fair and if you worked harder and smarter, you could get a bigger share. St...
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