Opinion Stories from February 11, 2012 (Change date)
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Starbucks shops will highlight povertyFeb 11, 2012 11:00 pm - As I read the article on Starbucks’ plan to open 50 stores this year in India, I quietly imagine the wealthy and perhaps middle class sitting at a cafe drinking a latte ...
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Burns not right for Kane board chairmanFeb 11, 2012 11:00 pm - In the Feb. 4 issue of the Daily Herald, James Fuller offers “The gloves came off” on the front page. There could very well have been a few civil exchanges between Sen. ...
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$54 an hour for landscapers is nutsFeb 11, 2012 11:00 pm - Recently I read in your opinion section a piece named “State should back off wage push.” This article was about the problems the state of Illinois creates for its many m...
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Should local schools share teacher pension burden?Feb 11, 2012 11:00 pm - Recently, several top legislators in Illinois have floated a trial-balloon idea to shift the state’s responsibility for funding teacher pensions to local school district...
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Romney’s overriding ambitionFeb 11, 2012 11:00 pm - Criticism of Mitt Romney for lacking a coherent message is grossly unfair. He has been forthright, consistent and even eloquent in pressing home his campaign’s central t...
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A tax by any other name is still a taxFeb 11, 2012 11:00 pm - It’s just a little thing, but might I ask you folks at the Herald to start talking about taxes like they are real? You refer in your articles to grants from the federal ...
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The gospel according to ObamaFeb 11, 2012 11:00 pm - At the National Prayer Breakfast last week, seeking theological underpinning for his drive to raise taxes on the rich, President Obama invoked the highest possible autho...
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Grilling the candidates about pensions and payFeb 11, 2012 11:00 pm - In my little corner of the world, this past week was devoted to face-to-face candidate interviews. I met with 16 people seeking the GOP primary nomination for the 5th an...
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Romney pot is overflowingFeb 11, 2012 11:00 pm - I find it stunningly disingenuous and hypocritical, if not borderline delusional, that Mitt Romney can call President Obama “detached from reality” at the same time he i...
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Washington was grateful for Ireland’s helpFeb 11, 2012 11:00 pm - February is the month we honor the memory of our first president. It is appropriate to remember some of George Washington’s words. These are some he spoke in gratitude a...
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