Opinion Stories from January 12, 2012 (Change date)
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Snow job: We’re on top of it, whatever comesJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - Imagine a meeting of editors sitting around a table, most with electronic information devices at hand, as well as at least three newspapers. Here’s how people talk about...
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Quinn’s initiative to reform pensionsJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - While we’re not naive, we are encouraged by Gov. Pat Quinn’s initiative to build a bipartisan solution to the state’s public pension problems. In announcing the creation...
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Front page is freed from inferior BearsJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - Hallelujah! The final Bears front page. Now you will have to put news on the front page on Mondays (or maybe the Bulls). I just cannot understand the Herald’s love affai...
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Detention camps trample our rightsJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - I’m writing to address a subject that too many people in this country don’t know about. The issue is the presence of over 800 empty detention camps built across America ...
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Help me make sense of tollway planJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - You gotta love Lafleur. The Illinois Toll Authority’s director, Kristi Lafleur, was asked about the authority’s 2012 agenda by the Daily Herald’s Marni Pyke. Lafleur had...
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Public workers shouldn’t be allowed to strikeJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - In the news recently, there have been a few articles about the teachers’ strike at Zion-Benton. I’m certain that my letter will antagonize that group and any others who ...
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Dim thinking in bulb decisionsJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - In the world of politics, it is amazing how seemingly minor issues can become important. One sleeper issue is “light bulb freedom.” With a Federal ban on standard 100-wa...
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A riff on Walsh’s Christmas greetingJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - I just read Kerry Lester’s article about Joe Walsh petitioning Congress to allow legislators to send Christmas or Hanukkah wishes to constituents using tax dollars. Wow,...
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Don’t focus on money in politicsJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - I am writing in response to the first of what will certainly be many articles about how much money candidates for local elected office have raised during the last quarte...
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Look for the good in health care lawJan 12, 2012 4:00 am - Do you know what AHCA stands for? Hint: It’s a bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama. It is the acronym for the Affordable Health Care Act, also...
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