Opinion Stories from January 17, 2012 (Change date)
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Romney’s words retold out of contextJan 17, 2012 4:00 am - For the past few days we’ve seen endless ads from the Democrats and GOP contenders showing Mitt Romney’s statement, “I like firing people.” None of them showed his next ...
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Innovation needed with cooperationJan 17, 2012 4:00 am - Your Jan. 4 editorial, “Cut, yes, but cooperate and share pain,” makes an important point and it also makes brief mention of something not usually considered in these di...
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Editorial: New rules needed for insurance perkJan 17, 2012 4:00 am - Local governments have long complained about the legislature passing laws requiring something be done without allocating any money to do it. And now, we come to find out...
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Our nation’s people must be unitedJan 17, 2012 4:00 am - We are the same. No matter what religion we may believe in, we are still the same. No matter the political belief, we are still the same. No matter if we are rich or poo...
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Dems responsible for state of stateJan 17, 2012 4:00 am - Moody’s downgraded the state’s credit rating once again. Decades of mismanagement by the Democratic Party continue to bury the state in debt. Taxes were raised by 67 per...
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Tell ‘em to spend less or find job elsewhereJan 17, 2012 4:00 am - The more we talk about serious trends, the more we must find a way to cope with these accurately described sets of conditions that keep coming at us without anything of ...
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Gingrich: The party of oneJan 17, 2012 4:00 am - A fifth-place finish in New Hampshire is not usually the slingshot into a two-way race for the Republican nomination, but Newt Gingrich can reasonably make the case. Th...
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Promises, promises, toll authorityJan 17, 2012 4:00 am - Recently, the Daily Herald has run a couple of articles in which Marni Pyke has interviewed Kristi Lafleur, executive director of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authori...
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A painful, unfair critique of the first ladyJan 17, 2012 4:00 am - I can’t speak for Michelle Obama, but call me an angry white woman. If the first lady isn’t angry, she certainly has every right to be. Like every woman I know, black o...
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