Opinion Stories from January 1, 2012 (Change date)
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Here are four of many unsung heroes of 2011Jan 01, 2012 11:00 pm - Had your fill yet of all those end-of-the-year wrapups, recaps, bests and worsts? No? Glad to hear it. So here’s just one more before we get about the business of the ne...
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The pension reform roar from Rhode IslandJan 01, 2012 10:00 pm - Could tiny Rhode Island serve as the proverbial mouse that roars? Will suburban Democrats, and all Illinois Democrats, hear that roar? Liberal Democrats in tiny Rhode Is...
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President’s making some big mistakesJan 01, 2012 4:00 am - Now, we know election 2012 is nearing, as one of the frequent contributors to Fence Post is back and promoting the Obama agenda. And soon we will hear from the companion...
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Legislative leaders put re-election firstJan 01, 2012 4:00 am - State Senate President John Cullerton gave a recent response to an editorial on tax breaks for Sears describing how he championed the deal and was working to make sure i...
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A distracted-driving resolution to frame near the doorJan 01, 2012 4:00 am - Today is a perfect day to declare a personal war on distracted driving. We’ve written in this space for the past week about the dangers inherent in distracted driving. T...
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The little state that could?Jan 01, 2012 4:00 am - Rhode Island shouldn’t even be a state. It’s basically a city, Providence, with some suburbs, factory towns, a little countryside and Newport. The smallest state in area...
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Give immigrants a chance at the dreamJan 01, 2012 4:00 am - A Nov. 12 article in The New York Times, “Under New U.S. Policy on Deportation,” is very inconsistent. I believe we will find a common ground on solving this issue. Pres...
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