Opinion Stories from January 5, 2012 (Change date)
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A president has to travel, breatheJan 05, 2012 4:00 am - Unless the letter from Joyce Haworth was written in jest, I take exception to it. When Mr. Obama took the oath of office, he and his family had to understand that there ...
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Forest board pro photo rule absurdJan 05, 2012 4:00 am - The decision of the DuPage County Forest Preserve board to charge photographers an absurd fee of $200 dollars a day (Daily Herald, Dec. 22) has got to be the most incomp...
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Ron Paul’s poison pillJan 05, 2012 4:00 am - Let us count the ways in which the nomination of Ron Paul would be groundbreaking for the GOP. No other recent candidate hailing from the party of Lincoln has accused L...
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Don’t let Congress decree light bulb useJan 05, 2012 4:00 am - Late last year, Congress reached a deal to delay until October the enforcement of standards that were to bring about the end of the old-style 100-watt Edison bulb, which...
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Don't blame public employees for messJan 05, 2012 4:00 am - The Daily Herald editorial of Jan. 2 was startling, completely unexpected and very disappointing. It proposed to solve the current Illinois public pension debacle by ext...
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Breakdown of family threatens chaosJan 05, 2012 4:00 am - The brutal death of Alex Marron on Christmas Eve in Mexico reminds us again of the violence that has beset that country. The number of homicides in the past five years i...
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Few people take advantage of systemJan 05, 2012 4:00 am - Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, in support of his plan to cut the U.S. budget deficit by slashing benefits to the poor, made the statement: “A lot of middle-class peo...
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The greatest gift is truly givingJan 05, 2012 4:00 am - Recently, as I continued to help pay for the college educations of the children of a local window repair company, I noticed something curious as I left the shop for what...
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State lottery needs to go slow onlineJan 05, 2012 4:00 am - It’s more of the same in Springfield, as two stories by Daily Herald state government writer Mike Riopell Wednesday point out. First, Gov. Pat Quinn released a three-yea...
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The Rubio factor for RomneyJan 05, 2012 4:00 am - The great thing about Iowa is that no matter whom the voters select in their neighborhood huddles, it doesn’t really matter. Placing in Iowa might land one a talk show (...
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